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Non-Tech : Ashton Technology (ASTN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TENNET who wrote (2573)	9/11/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: TENNET	Respond to of 4443

MST post cont. All who think of investing in this stock owe it to themselves to do their own diligence - I have done mine and neither you nor any of the other shorts (whether they be rational, irrational, moronic, hyperbolic and just plain dumb) are going to talk me out of my conclusions based on that diligence. I have posted because I want to share these thoughts with those who want me to share them, not out of a desire to pump up the stock. 2 weeks of low volume selling by those who got in for a quick buck in the first place, or by those who find themselves in the unfortunate position of having margin calls, may concern you, but it does not concern me, and I sincerely hope that the other stockholders who invested in ATG for the long term and who are having their beliefs tested this week (and who are having a little steel forged into their inner Ashton's) hang in there because this shit can be very scary, and the impulse to give up can be very great. The rewards of sticking with one's convictions and diligence in matters of investment can be very powerful indeed, but make no mistake, this is not for the faint of heart or the weak willed. Always remember that there was a point where Xerox let the inventors of the PC walk out their doors with the PC technology, and where IBM let Bill Gates walk out of their doors with the rights to DOS, because they were too arrogant to think outside of the box they created. The big boys will show up when the time is right. All ATG needs to do is build itself in a thoughtful and financially healthy way -- the rest will take care of itself. and when that happens, those of you who have been crowing incessently the past few days will know why it is the longs feel the way they do here, and will be kicking yourself because, through your own arrogance, you were unable to see outside the box you have built for yourselves. MST