Hi Marc. Oh, I'll be sticking around. There's too many (most all) .... good folk here <smile>. I really mean it when I say that I hope for the best for all who are sticking with it. Even if I didn't profit (well, I did make a small profit), from it based on *my* plans, well, it's okay. Life goes on <g>. I'll be cheering for the longs here always. I never shorted NOVL, and I don't intend to now. Nuff's, nuff! What I "did" do was immediately turn some of the cash and bought another 250 of CPQ to make 500 (pre-split), and will feel more comfortable with 1000 of "that" in 98' <s>. Yes, I know all about Fidelity dumping CPQ bigger than big-time <g>. But, the ones that'll be standing IMVHO by Y2K will be the CPQ's, Dell's, IBM's, MSFT's, and ORCL's. Regards, ...Joe |