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Technology Stocks : INPR - Inprise to Borland (BORL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TTOSBT who wrote (4455)	2/10/2000 2:49:00 PM
From: max	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5102

Although I truly believe that this deals sucks and we were screwed, I am not selling into the panic. I have to think that INPR/CORL is still worth more that these current valuations. Kylix is still coming out this year and should give the stock price a boost. I will give this stock until summer, what the hell I been in this thing for three years now. I also believe that there has to be something more. Dale didn't turn stupid overnight, or did he. Only time will tell. Now is not a good time to sell ,however. Frustrated as hell, but still long with a load of LEAPS. Max Which brings up another subject, LEAPS. I have questions in to three different places trying to find out how the LEAPS options will be treated. As of now CORL doesn't trade LEAPS. Anybody know anything about this, or know a good place to find out. I emailed my online broker, etrade, no response yet. The CBOE responded but didn't answer my specific question. And I have a ? in to the options thread here at S.I.

To: TTOSBT who wrote (4455)	2/10/2000 7:48:00 PM
From: David R	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5102

RE: Has Inprise's management really made a bad decision? Absolutely. They were building momentum as a provider of enterprise class middleware, and development tools. Now they allow themselves to be acquired by a third-rate provider of desktop software. Cowpland, has pretty much run CORL into the ground trying to find that one ace to kill MSFT. First it was the Java boon-doggle. Now, he gets to blow our $200M now Linux. Java has failed to live up to its hype, and one day, the world is going to wake up and realize that linux is just a kinder and gentler unix. I see little reason to think that Linux will save CORL. Now, it seems that the demise of our dear alma matter Borland will go with it. Here is my question to the world. CORL gets an excellent technology company, the worlds leading ORB, 3 killer cross-platform development environments, and $200M. All for some worthless CORL paper. What do INPR and INPR shareholders get? The obvious answer is nothing, and I will hold the remainder of my shares so that I can vote against this bone-headed deal.