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To: cgraham who wrote (466)	7/26/1999 3:41:00 PM
From: Eric Fader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 595

How they intend to make money has always been my question. The number of commentators who have finally determined that the Internet advertising model will not work has been steadily increasing. Eventually, they will reach the inevitable conclusion that the emperor has no clothes, and there will be a bloodbath and tremendous consolidation in the Internet health sector. It might even dawn on people eventually that it's KOOP that is paying to be on AOL, and not the reverse. In my own biased opinion (although I have no position in KOOP and have no intention of taking one), any Internet company that has only advertising-studded information to sell is doomed to failure. Only those companies that have something tangible for which the public is willing to pay - a product, or a subscription to a service - will survive and prosper. But don't take my word for it. Read what industry analysts (and NOT sell-side brokerage firm analysts) are now saying. Or better yet, do the research yourself. Then come back here in six months and we'll see who was right.

To: cgraham who wrote (466)	7/26/1999 4:42:00 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 595

All you gotta to do is notice how analysts are all talking about the whole tech-Internet sector. Do note they're not just talking about KOOP! So asking what happened to KOOP is sort of frivolous. It's more a matter of what's happening to the sector which has become victimized by recent low-volume selling in the aftermath of pre-earnings buy-ins. So who knows? Perhaps Wit Captial was right on when it targeted KOOP around the 32 mark. And it'd seem only spectacular-type news will move KOOP beyond that Wit target. But note, again, 25 1/2 has proven KOOP's low. We've seen this mark twice. It's reported that E-Bay just came out with earnings three pennies ahead of expectation. And barring catastrophic-type comments from Greenspan, we'll likely see tech and Internet buying power over the next few days. Now is a good time to buy KOOP and some of the other sector stocks.