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To: Larry Novenstern who wrote (136297)	7/12/1999 2:46:00 PM
From: hdl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

They need it to buy Michael S. Dell's shares when he sells

To: Larry Novenstern who wrote (136297)	7/12/1999 3:07:00 PM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 176387

4 Billion...$$$$$$...hmmmm...my kids are for sale.........gg..tim

To: Larry Novenstern who wrote (136297)	7/12/1999 3:50:00 PM
From: Bill France	Respond to of 176387

Pardon the butt in.... Could it be that the 4B will be used to either acquire or build an ISP?? Just thinking on this hot day in Central Florida. Bill

To: Larry Novenstern who wrote (136297)	7/12/1999 4:57:00 PM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

IMHO, look for an announcement that DELL has been writing many puts and buying calls in recent weeks to advance (increase/accelerate) their stock buy-back strategy. Also, an acquisition, IMHO, would be done with stock, not cash. The $4B is there just to have in the till. Every company of this size probably needs that sort of petty <G> cash lying around... I think that an acquisition may be in the cards given that mgmt has asked for an additional 4 billion shares to be authorized (as opposed to only the 3 billion needed to effect another 2:1). I see from 500-750M shares being issued to effect an acquisition. My only concern is that DELL is on record for saying 'why buy it when we can build it'... It'll be an interesting second half of this year. Regards, LoD