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To: Madharry who wrote (8951)	11/14/1999 4:45:00 PM
From: James Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78621

Yes, I believe that is correct. The employee exercising the option pays tax on the gain, which is deductable to the company.

To: Madharry who wrote (8951)	11/14/1999 4:50:00 PM
From: jeffbas	Respond to of 78621

Armin, of course you are right in post 8939. I was a little too casual in my comment. I just have no interest in companies with a lot of excess cash and no place in an existing good business to put it. I want cash for my own liquidity which that does not give me. I agree 100% on your chart comments, ESPECIALLY with respect to small cap tech stocks. For example, take a look at a long term chart of ELTX (not a short term one): quote.yahoo.com Based on my view of this non-value company, I believe the stock is in the early stages of a major move out of a 3+ year consolidation. The fact that this recent move (and other similar moves) has occurred while the Dow has not made major advances leaves me with some small hope that this could be a harbinger that smaller company stocks generally might be able to make good headway after many years of underperformance while larger ones don't do much.