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To: Straight Up who wrote (7219)	11/10/1999 9:43:00 AM
From: Rob Anderson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10081

On Star 100,000 current customers, will be in 1.0 mil. vehicles by end 2000. Good to see you Straight Up

To: Straight Up who wrote (7219)	11/10/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: hcirteg	Respond to of 10081

I'm ALIVE!....but barely... Hit my head on my desk when I fainted after reading the onstar news. Just waking up. IMO, we're seeing resistance here because CC is able to unload a ton of those millions of shares they got at $1.5. GM is a nice name to have. This sure feels better! Be back soon...congrats to all longs. HC

To: Straight Up who wrote (7219)	11/10/1999 8:26:00 PM
From: Kurthend	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10081

Straight, Courtesy of the other board. I am now a believer in a conspiracy by the preferreds to keep the price down. At least for the EOLC shares. There is no reason, IMO, that the price should have gone up only 1 tick today. Not with GM being the number 1 Fortune 500 company in the world. Also, with MSFT's and XCIT's $6 mil infusion, the stock jumped tremendously. Now with GM investing $20 mil (and all but ensuring the survival of GMGC) the stock does nothing. It is a conspiracy IMO. Anyway, GM's adoption of the tech is validation at the highest level Take care, Kurt gm.com Company Information > News From GM > Press Releases FOR RELEASE: November 3, 1999 GM UNVEILS CAR WITH INTERNET ACCESS ÿ LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- General Motors today unveiled the world?s first personalized Web-based car scheduled to go on sale in the United States next year. "GM is ushering in a new era of automotive communications that is destined to change the role of cars and trucks for the American driving public," G. Richard Wagoner, President and Chief Operating Officer of GM, told editors at the Special Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) convention here. "Today we are delivering on our commitment to show our production intent Web car and plan to have this Internet capability available to our customers next year." Delivered through OnStar, the service will offer personalized Web-based information, such as news headlines, sports scores, stock quotes and e-mail available through a simple voice prompt. "These new services respond to customers? demands for enhanced communications services delivered in a mobile environment," OnStar Managing Director Chet Huber said. "With nearly 100,000 OnStar subscribers using our service today, this is just the next step in making tomorrow?s passenger cars and trucks truly communications platforms." The OnStar integrated three-button system provides drivers the ability to keep track of their investments, find an up-to-date score for their favorite sports teams or stay current with their e-mail without the need for keyboards or displays that could potentially distract drivers. General Motors also gave editors a glimpse of future services: Internet access capability that allows Mp3 music files to be downloaded from a home PC and uploaded to a vehicle; a capability that allows a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), such as Palm Pilot, access to other OnStar services, including unlocking the door or flashing the lights outside the vehicle; and XM?s satellite radio capability similar to DirecTV, that will offer radio content, expanded to as many as 100 stations, accessible from anywhere in the U.S. Earlier this year, OnStar announced that factory installation would allow its services to be included on close to one million General Motors cars and trucks within the next 18 months, dramatically increasing the subscriber base from the current level of nearly 100,000. OnStar is the innovative, in-vehicle service that uses Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite technology and wireless communications to link the driver and vehicle with the OnStar Center, where advisors are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to offer real-time, personalized help.