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To: A.L. Reagan who wrote (1528)	3/12/2000 11:18:00 AM
From: Guy E. Fleming	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3070

To: A.L. Reagan Your recent postings on this board have been thought provoking (thank you for that) but really only Jain himself can address many of the issues you raised. Why don't you write him an e-mail directly through their Investor Relations Dept.? I'm certain you'd get a reply in due course. He is accessable, I believe. I think shorting this stock is dangerous so this is simply a suggestion/a word of advice before you leap in and regret it. He is a brilliant tactician, a Microsoft product, and not to be taken lightly, despite Spytrdr's lame and biased insults. Jain always seems to be two steps ahead of the field in his moves in what is a lightening fast environment. He has deals with many of the best and brightest so he must be doing "something right" to earn their trust. Let him speak for himself. Perhaps we'll all learn from the exchange if you are willing to share what you learn. Good luck with all your investments except shorting INSP!

To: A.L. Reagan who wrote (1528)	3/12/2000 9:48:00 PM
From: jhg_in_kc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3070

HERE IS THE ANSWER I GOT FROM INFOSPACE. "Content is a commodity." ANY THOUGHTS, ONE AND ALL? <<Subj: RE: question on proprietary rights Date: 3/10/00 5:44:26 PM Pacific Standard Time From: jhanson@infospace.com (Joni Hanson) Nope, you are right. Content, in our view, is a commodity. We have not and probably never will own the content. The barrier to entry is the 33 patents pending, and one just approved, we have our technology that ranges from our own integration technology that integrates information with other services such as communcation and commerce, our promotions technology that gives us the ability to deliver online promotions that can be used online and offline, our e-wallet technology that gives us single-click ability, our messaging technology that enables users to send and receive messages from any device to any device and others. For more information, we can send you out an investor kit if you provide us an address. Thank you for your interest in InfoSpace.