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To: Thai Chung who wrote (29897)	9/23/1999 4:53:00 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) of 74651

I'd really like to know why Ballmer said what he did. Unless one believes that he's stupid and didn't realize the consequences of his statement, he must have had a motive. But what? Drive down the share price so MSFT can get fatter premiums selling put options? And did that massive put sale several weeks ago have anything to do with todays statement? What does this do to employee option benefits? And does the DOJ matter play into this? I've been a MSFT shareholder since 1987 but if the CEO tells me that the company is overvalued, maybe I should sell my shares and reinvest in greener pastures. I don't mind riding through market fluctuations but I really resent having my portfolio jerked around by a CEO making inappropriate comments. If MSFT wants to preannounce the Q, positive or negative, that's fine, but someone in Ballmers position stating what he did in a public forum was just plain wrong.

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