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To: Yikes who wrote (10283)	6/17/1998 2:08:00 PM
From: J.S.	Read Replies (1) of 13594

Hey don't short shrift AOL! Remember the Compuserve members. When CSRV was up for sale the market was valuing them at a couple $100 apiece and that is arguably what AOL paid for them. So be generous and value each at $500. That makes 24B for 12M members. That's $2000 per AOL member. (Yikes that's what you said in the first place.) That notwithstanding, a cable modem and five years of free service for each subscriber would cost what $1500? Oh wait. There is also close to another 1B in cash and Mirabilis value. That makes 23B for 12M members. That's $1,925 per member! Wait! Does ATT have the expertise to run an internet service? ATT Worldnet generates many more busy signals and complaints than AOL. Right?..Well maybe not. OK I think I got you. Amazon.com is now approaching (fully diluted) 5B in market cap. Reductio ad absurdum. I can now justify any market cap for any company I want. Yikes, please be more careful next time! Joe ;^)

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