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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (30853)	10/19/1999 5:57:00 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

JFD, I can't believe he is so positive!!!

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (30853)	10/19/1999 6:21:00 PM
From: J. P.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

<<Put proceeds 1.9 billion. Maffei said Whoa! what a quarter!!- >> I still think Ballmer's statements were designed to help their put proceeds. It's so simple, they load up (remember that 10K contract buy/sell block?), talk the stock down, cover their put positions, load up on calls and then blow out the numbers. Why not do that?

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (30853)	10/19/1999 6:45:00 PM
From: Jean M. Gauthier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Question: Does the 1.9 Billion PUT proceeds appear as profits or are you saying MSFT made 2.2 B in operating profits, and another 1.9 B in Put sales, as well as 400 M in investments take care Jean

To: John F. Dowd who wrote (30853)	10/20/1999 12:34:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

>Maffei said Whoa! what a quarter!!- I don't believe this! He is ecstatic! Did someone slip something into his pre-conference drink? Or perhaps someone hypnotized him? Note also that Maffei "cautioned analysts not to raise next (this) quarter's estimates higher than 42&cent". He's probably thinking to himself, "Because we'll probably come in at 45&cent, and we want to blow them away, yet again". LOL. These guys were tough to live with in the summer, but October has sure put them into a jovial mood.