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To: Rene Madsen who wrote (10508)	6/21/1999 4:48:00 AM
From: PAL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19700

Rene: I just have to reply to your issue about discrimination in general. Yes, there is discrimination against foreigners: you cannot vote in the American election. Yes, there is discrimination against US citizen in America: an illegal alien can cross the border pregnant, gets a free pre-natal care, have the baby born in the US paid by the American taxpayers and the baby automatically becomes a US citizen. On the other hand, if an American citizen who has a limited income needs health care, he/she cannot get that free medical care until his/her assets/savings are depleted to ground level. An illegal immigrant can have their children attend public school free of charge. So, there is discriminations everywhere, even in Europe where you live, or even in a church. I don't really know the real reason why foreigners cannot participate in CMGI IPO's of its subs. But that is not the reason I invest a lot of money in CMGI in the first, with or without IPO's. Good Luck to you. Paul

To: Rene Madsen who wrote (10508)	6/21/1999 9:17:00 AM
From: Robert Rose	Respond to of 19700

Rene, my point was simply this. Since it appears to be a CMGI-specific policy, dragging CMGI's country-of-origin into it serves no purpose. <eom>

To: Rene Madsen who wrote (10508)	6/21/1999 9:26:00 AM
From: AmericanVoter	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 19700

Rene, I think there is a way around the requirement of having to be in the US... well, it doesn't say you have to be in the US all the time, or be a US citizen or resident... depending on how much you want to be able to get future IPOs from CMGI, all you would have to do is visit the US, open an account using the internet while here, and buy at least 100 CMGI shares... and that's it... when the account was opened, you were here, hence qualify... and I don't think that the qualifying criterion will be ascertained with subsequent IPOs... the other issue would be the 128 bit encryption... which most US sites that incorporate encryption utilize... and that is not available anywhere outside the US... will you be able to trade in your account opened in the US while in Europe, I am not sure, but surely would like to know if you find out... best regards amein