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To: ratlong who wrote (2977)	10/13/1999 4:27:00 PM
From: Thomas Haegin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3115

Ratlong and CJ, I really enjoy your discourse re: the merits of RATL vs. others. One question... couldn't RATL buy themselves into one of the hotter segments of software development, make a take-over? RATL is quite a large company by now, their share price is rather high, if not excessively so... they could do some M&A... I would think that RATL sees that there are others in the truly great growth markets... a strategic takeover would make sense in this case, would it not? Just musings, thanks, Thomas

To: ratlong who wrote (2977)	10/14/1999 10:15:00 AM
From: cjinvestor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3115

Rational upgraded. That's one hell of an aggressive target price. What do you guys think? RESEARCH ALERT - Rational Software raised NEW YORK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - CS First Boston said on Thursday it upgraded Rational Software Corp. (NASDAQ: RATL) to strong buy from buy, and raised the price target to $52 from $44. -- said it believes demand-side market conditions are improving, company fundamentals are strong, and the shares are undervalued relative to comparable companies. -- said Rational Software reported strong fiscal second quarter earnings of $0.21 a share, which surpassed CS First Boston's expectation of $0.20 a share.