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To: Ed Forrest who wrote (140900)	8/28/1999 10:51:00 PM
From: Dorine Essey	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Ed, I do however take exception to your characterizing anyone who does not share your opinion of Dell or that sells their shares for whatever reasons, as "idiots" or "fools".That type of rigid intolerance is best left unstated. I have been on this DELL board for over a year now. I have never ever read where kemble called anyone idiots or fools. Yes, he does believe in Michael DELL and so do many others like me ,who have owned DELL stock and never sold. I and others have met Kemble in person. There are not too many in this world like him. Sincerely, Dorine I know you meant well, but bashing other posters you don't agree with is in my opinion wrong.

To: Ed Forrest who wrote (140900)	8/28/1999 11:06:00 PM
From: Dorine Essey	Respond to of 176387

DirectConnect isn't all about business From staff reports Posted: Aug. 25, 1999 Michael Dell's conference is called DirectConnect, but for the 20 or so Dell customers who showed up early Wednesday morning for a run around Town Lake with him, it could have been called dis-connect. Dell's Web site invited customers to join Michael for a 5k run at 6 a.m. sharp. But when the running enthusiasts showed up behind the Four Seasons hotel, they were Dell-less. "We had three staffers there, and they didn't see him," said Dell spokesman David Frink. Party On The party for DirectConnect attendees was on Sixth Street Wednesday night. But for Dell Computer Corp. employees, the DirectConnect party started at the Frank Erwin Center Tuesday afternoon. There, the world's richest man, Bill Gates, showed Dell employees just how well their shares in the computer maker have done. First, Gates used a slide to show the Dell-ions just how well Microsoft stock has done over the past several years. Then, he showed them how well Dell stock has done -- a contrast so great he had to change the scale on the second graph. Michael Dell made it even sweeter for his workers. After reviewing how well the company did in the second quarter, he told them the company would be making a better-than-expected contribution to the employees' profit sharing plan. Shades of Alan Greenspan OK, so you might expect Bill Gates to move Microsoft Corp. stock when he speaks, and he might even have some influence over some other technology issues. But paper company stocks? As Gates was speaking at the Austin Convention Center Wednesday about computers replacing paper in the near future, a funny thing was happening on Wall Street: Paper company stocks plummeted. Shares of Weyerhaeuser Co. dropped $3.87. International Paper Co. dropped $1.93. Of course a few analysts' recent downgrades of paper company stocks may have helped precipitate the fall. But hey, if money is power, Gates may have more than we think. Captive audience Sometimes, it's great to be a female at a tech event. Despite the fact that the number of women technologists is growing, there aren't any lines for the ladies room at these events. But it was no escape from promotion. One enterprising vendor at the Dell event took the opportunity to advertise inside the stalls: Novell taped fliers to the inside of the stall doors at the Convention Center advertising its latest information appliance. Drinks on them When you're flush with tech money and have a company expense account, you can live pretty large. DirectConnect attendees have filled more than 290 rooms at the Four Seasons hotel -- rivaling times when the University of Texas Longhorns play at home. No surprise, the Four Seasons employees are finding the computer types -- who have been spending their share of time at the hotel bar -- a little less rowdy then football fans. There's another upside too, according to bar keeps: They tip better.

To: Ed Forrest who wrote (140900)	8/29/1999 9:06:00 PM
From: kemble s. matter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Ed, Hi!! I've never sold a share since my first trade.....don't intend to for five more years.....I believe timing is not for me...many others believe the same..DELL has proven time and again you are a fool if you sold it...those first shares I sold are now 56,000 shares...the $9,000 I made and cleared are now worth almost 3 million...Yeah..I'm a fool too...Since then I've purchased it over 40 times...Made over 1000% in less than 12 months...I don't think timing is a wise means of making money with DELL... Best, Kemble