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Technology Stocks : DoubleClick Inc (DCLK)

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To: Scott Kessler who wrote (660)1/26/1999 2:57:00 AM
From: SteveG   of 2902
 
<..b/c the new buyer/alliance partner, etc. could control the co. &/or cause the recent deal to be rearranged -- uncertainty re the deal. Then, it occured to me. Altavista wanted to ink the deal w/ DCLK before announcing this deal to have an ad strategy ready to go for this portal in the rough...>

Agree with your afterthought assessment. The "new buyers" will be the investing public. I see spinoff done as an IPO, and my guess is that CPQ keeps a majority stake.
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