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To: Rambi who wrote (71144)	11/30/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: BGR	Respond to of 132070

Rambi, Cool! Rice had a fine, fine CS department a decade back when I was looking around for Grad schools and almost accepted an offer there, though finally I settled down for the North East. I believe it still does. Has your son been hacking Open Source s/w a bit? When I was a student, that was almost considered to be a pre-req before anyone would accept you as a serious hacker. :-) I have dutifully done my part before joining the industry ... In any case, undergrads often know more about emerging technologies that many industry pundits! :-) If I were you, I would pay to listen to your son when it comes to keeping up to date with technology. No comments about the investing front, though. I am a firm believer in investing in indexes only. -BGR.

To: Rambi who wrote (71144)	11/30/1999 10:36:00 AM
From: Mike M2	Respond to of 132070

Rambi, with every new era there is an open ended fantasy. In this case it is the net. I would be interested in hearing more about what your son says about Linux and related companies - I don't know any users. I would not be surprised if your son continues to make big gains in the hot picks but someday these picks will decline precipitously so I would urge him to take some profits and not worry about the last dollar . The conditions ( weakness) in the US dollar and credit markets may offer a good leading indictor for the bursting of the bubble . Mike