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Non-Tech : Ashton Technology (ASTN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Candle stick who wrote (1776)	6/16/1999 8:33:00 AM
From: Keith A Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4443

"So this is where the comparison ends because IOM is a one product wonder while ASTN has many cards" Folks, I appreciate the posts to battle virtually libelous statements by one party or another, however, we all better be careful about the facts, whether it is ASTN or IOM. I am long 8000+ shares of ASTN and 5000 shares of IOM. Iomega is NOT a one product company. Ashton does not yet have a product in the market - Ashton has built a system which appears to be on track to revolutionize the world of trading financial instruments: and Gomez Advisors which is generating some revenues. The Lowensteiner article misrepresented many of the facts re: Ashton. Respondents should be just as careful not to take too much poetic license in their counterpoint arguments. Go ASTN, Go BRCM, Go IOM!

To: Candle stick who wrote (1776)	6/16/1999 10:13:00 PM
From: AJ Berger	Respond to of 4443

ITG may be worth a look to ASTN holders here. now that the CPI figures are out, Fed's about to tighten 1/4 point, we are going into earnings season, EURO's going down keeping dollars here, Volume may return to the markets, and this bodes very well for ITG. $34 is a "gift" considering it was trading here before Bloombergs intention to do projects with ITG. This stock acts like a low floater considering how high institutional percentage of ownership has been. not here to "hype" ITG, just suggest ASTN holders diversify into a somewhat less speculative play in this sector. I am long both stocks here. This may help explain ITG's recent pullback from $48 (while ASTN has to Dilute, ITG is able to get financing, so the same dilution scare that killed ASTN, is only an unlikely to be true rumor amoung ITG shareholders. Obviously we won't know for sure till ITG announces their intensions about paying for their expansion plans.) (from a yahoo poster) I have recently spoken with a representative at the firm who informed me that they had considered a possible secondary offerring...obviously this would have a dilutive effect I reccomended to the individual that this would be unwise to say the least given the still current confusion by a lot of analysts with regard to correctly evaluating this company. He then informed me that their investment bank also advised them not to proceed with a secondary and consider possible alternatives.