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To: Dana Adams who wrote (14217)	7/1/1999 12:48:00 AM
From: WebDrone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

Dana, sounds like you are angry. <MPH I should have liquidated this POS when it hit 14 but held on due to the reckless hype posts on here. Shortly thereafter this dog plunged to 10. I will wait no more...> Good for you! You are making your own decisions, and not making decisions due to anonymous posts on a BBS, or due to a warped view of reality. Me, I take responsibility for my own stupidity. Because I have a lot of stupidity, I am becoming a very responsible person. Eventually, you may say "Hey- MRVC has had a good run, but their management sucks. I think I'll short them!" If you do, come back and taunt.. ok? Life's too short to drink bad beer. WebDrone

To: Dana Adams who wrote (14217)	7/1/1999 4:14:00 AM
From: Dee Jay	Respond to of 42804

"... held on due to the reckless hype posts on here" Excuse me? You would allow yourself to be influenced by posts on a thread and contributors that you previously knocked as worse than useless? Dana, that doesn't ring true, not at all...if you held on it's because of a decision you made and now you're p***ed at yourself for doing so. Those of us who thought that the company had good prospects used the fall to average down and/or to take tax losses and buy back in at a much lower basis for the anticipated capital gains to be realized as products are introduced. You've read what's up and have seen significant changes in management's approach to enhancing shareholder's equity and market value - a veritable sea change in attitude. Go, Dana, and go in peace. But I think your bitterness now will pale against what you feel 6-9 months from now... JMHO Dee Jay

To: Dana Adams who wrote (14217)	7/1/1999 9:47:00 AM
From: mph	Respond to of 42804

Excuse me, Dana, but I made no remark to you about the door hitting you on the way out. Since you're evidently a grown-up, given your reference to age, I suggest that you accept responsibility for your decisions. Leave, stay, liquidate or buy---your call and your problem no matter what happens. Tough to make decisions for which you can blame no one but yourself, ain't it? mph

To: Dana Adams who wrote (14217)	7/1/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: Robert G. Harrell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

Vermins????-------I resemble that!!! My "vermin" behavior averaged my cost down to where I have even been in the black on this stock for brief periods this year. Even Dana can't bring me down today. Thanks to the mechanical strategies I use and the Gilder Telecosm stocks I own, I'm up more than 4 times my pre retirement salary and the year is only half over. I've just spent the last few hours putting stops under many of my gains so I can relax and coast for the rest of the year. However, what is really making me happy is #3 on the following: break-down.com Cheers, Bob PS. On a more relevant note, I E-mailed Thom Callendra at CBS Marketwatch and suggested he look into MRVC. I wish some of you more technical types had taken my suggestion about this more seriously because you could do a much better job than me in explaining succinctly the undervalued nature of MRVC in the light of Juniper and Nexabit's valuations. From the lack of response to my suggestion, I can only assume that you interpreted my post as a backhanded hype of SIGM, which it wasn't. Some friendly coverage from someone like CBS Marketwatch could do wonders for our stock.

To: Dana Adams who wrote (14217)	7/1/1999 9:13:00 PM
From: BlueCrab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

Dana, I don't know your story, your financial sitch, your anything. I DO feel that, if your posts are to be believed, you are selling out of something other than a reasoned, rational, informed decision. To sell MRV after a 250% gain over the last several months is, to put it bluntly, stupid. Take it from one who has held another "niche player" from 15 to 1 and now to 35+ (course, I was averaging down all the way). If you are sure of the tech, the manufacturing capability and the management, you hold regardless of the price. If you are not, why in HELL did you buy in the first place? MRV will do just fine. I'm in, I'm staying. Wanna keep losing money, keep "shopping" for the Magic Bullet...

To: Dana Adams who wrote (14217)	7/2/1999 9:34:00 AM
From: Sector Investor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42804

<<Only people making money on this stock are the vermins who picked up at the 6 dollar mark. Most of the others were battered and have average costs in the mid twenties. Enough is enough I say!>> Well, my initial position was averaged very nicely at $21 5/8. When it fell below $6 the first time, I increased my position 150%. I also took my tax losses on my taxable account holdings and waited my 31 days before buying back (there was lots of time down there) I also traded all the cycles profitably, and increased my position again when we started our up move. My average hit single digits long ago and is steadily decreasing. You could have done the same, and if so you would be liquidating now at a profit not a loss. I understand your bitterness, and you certainly have a right to express it, but to call others names for buying at $6 is a bit much to take.