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To: umbro who wrote (76590)	9/5/1999 12:02:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Glenn, according to the press release, Jimmy Wright "retired" (age 45). You see, everything moves faster at Amazon, and people age more quickly: one Amazon year equals 7 regular years. :) There are inconsistancies with the interview of Jimmy Wright and the "amicle" nature of his departure according to Amazon. Jimmy Wright stated he considered this job to be very short term. However, he left a lot of non vested options on the table which might mean Amazon never considered it a short term position. So which was it? Glenn