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To: Sector Investor who wrote (16814)	11/12/1999 2:15:00 PM
From: J. Conley	Respond to of 42804

I'm not suggesting they have hard deadlines just soft ones. It adds a bit of concreteness to all their vague generalities. I just don't see anything wrong with telling investors their goal. You know this, but this company has a history with investors and analysts. The more vague they are about their dealings and their business the less trust there is. One reason I essentially stopped investing in this company was because I was repeatedly promised, by IR, an answer to a question concerning factored receivables and never got one. Believe me, I tried, and I was promised. Frankly, I think Stapleton dropped this company because of the lack of candor, and some analysts refuse to cover it for the same reason. Does it really matter if they stated some idea of when the IPO will occur so at least a goal was in mind? I guess not, and timing doesn't really matter...... after all, you're right, you don't get a CEO at KMart.

To: Sector Investor who wrote (16814)	11/12/1999 2:35:00 PM
From: signist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42804

They must have bought their marketing department from Kmart. How quick we forget...after holding and listening for five years. MRV get's their name mentioned in an article with Lucent and the stock moves up 6 points! Imagine what could happen when/if management get's thing done in time? The optical networking companies coming out of the wood work left and right and become billion dollar companies over night are not bragging about their CEO's. Yeah I am thinking short term now. Shareholders don't live forever. How many more billions of investment dollars can there be for IPO optical start-ups that don't even make a profit? Yeah...most are a lot smarter than me or is it I? John...in a hurry!