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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (70466)	7/29/1999 6:21:00 AM
From: KeepItSimple	Respond to of 164684

And if you dont think it matters if internut companies have unreal valuations, so high that even microsoft has to spin off a fantasy equity vehicle to play the game, because its just the corporate world- Try telling that to a wealthy doctor or lawyer who worked all his life to afford a nice home in the valley, only to be outbid at the last second by an internet exec who offered 1 million dollars above the asking price, because his 50 million dollar options package just vested after working 18 months at Ebay. Me, I'll rent until the smoking embers of the Nasdaq cut real estate prices here by 75%.

To: KeepItSimple who wrote (70466)	7/29/1999 6:32:00 AM
From: Jeff Dryer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>As I've said before: if everyone is a millionaire, a bread of loaf >will cost 500 dollars. How much will a loaf of bread cost? <g> >Doesnt anyone find it scary that Microsoft wants to create an >internet tracking stock BECAUSE IT CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY INTERNET >COMPANIES? eToys went IPO several weeks ago at an $8 billion valuation... about twice the valuation of Toys R US. eToys generated less than $10 million in revenue before it went public. On IPO day, there is a chance (a very small probability) that Microsoft's Internet tracking stock will become the first company valued at 1 trillion dollars, and relative to eToy's $8 billion IPO valuation, $1 trillion would be about right for a Microsoft Internet IPO. <I'm being serious>