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To: Beltropolis Boy who wrote (1802)	12/9/1999 4:29:00 PM
From: pirate_200	Read Replies (1) of 10934

> is there a book-cooker on this board? I'm not a book-cooker but I think looking at options can be an interesting intellectual exercise but not necessarily meaningful unless they also attach revenue output per employee to the equation, company growth rates and a comparison to peers in the industry. From a pure bean-counter perspective, stocks that have great price appreciations will on paper give up a lot of money in the difference of stock exercise price to fair market value at time of exercise of options. However, I think the accounting stuff is sometimes completely detached from reality these days, for instance, what does "book value" mean to a company like Network Appliance? Is the inherent value of this company the sum of the pencils, pens, desks and computers that sit on them? Why don't intangibles like patents and unique products fit into the equation? The answer is probably that no one can trully put a value to the intangibles just like no one can trully put a value on those stocks options when they are given to someone who potentially produces a product or service for Network Appliance that is worth potentially billions of dollars in the future. How can one put a value on that, that can be reflected on an income statement or balance sheet today?

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