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To: John Madarasz who wrote (8004)	2/12/2000 11:12:00 AM
From: Thotdoc	Respond to of 10081

I love the interplay between the two of you. A tension of opposites within a context of respectful sarcasm.

To: John Madarasz who wrote (8004)	2/12/2000 3:41:00 PM
From: dgurgel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10081

You have missed my meaning entirely and have unfairly put words in my mouth when you say, "You are probably right though Dave... Hands free telephony...voice activated dialing...voice activated web browsing, will never make it..." All of those things will make it, and I use them daily with Portico. These things will make it in a broad market with little assistance from Onstar but lots of assistance from autos of all brands since the cell phone (any brand will do) is the perfect companion on the road.

To: John Madarasz who wrote (8004)	2/12/2000 4:05:00 PM
From: dgurgel	Respond to of 10081

You have misrepresented my position on AOL. I have always believed in AOL. From 1992 when I first followed them and continuing until 1998, I had no funds invested in stocks since I owned two companies with a total of 70 employees and had most of my funds tied up in working capital. I frequently emailed Steve Case's office and discussed business opportunities (business applications for AOL's proprietary network) with AOL staff from 1992 until 1996 or so when I realized that they had little interest in that market. I have been an AOL subscriber without interruption since 1992 and used them as my email address from 1992 until 1996. I have regularly spoken in public of my admiration for them in presentations that I have given in my small niche of software development and systems integration for building automation systems. In the one published magazine article (1996, unimportant vertical market mag) that I have written (on the history of technology), I used AOL as an example of successful pioneering. As for a "definitive word" on GMGC, I myself do not have one and neither does anyone else. A "definitive word" to me would be an accurate forecast of company results over a period of at least a year. It is of course not unusual to have a good deal of uncertainty on new technology.