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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (123136)	8/13/2002 1:27:13 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (3) of 152472

the thing is, if we want to ignore options as a present expense, then we must make an assumption about their future dilution to cash flow. I hate to participate in this tired discussion but will do so simply to make a point I don't think has been made yet. As options are treated as expenses, their effect on cash flow will be naturally recognized. When they impact earnings and therefore stock prices in a substantial way following their recognition as expenses, they will become more limited. Options programs will be reduced like any other unaffordable expense. In other words, the glory days will be over. Since many options are underwater now, one could say that they are already past us. They will not be the bugaboo that many think they are.

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