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To: Benny Baga who wrote (398)	3/20/2000 8:55:00 AM
From: ED PLOPA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 589

so...benny, since you seem to be the most active on this thread....in your opinion, what caused "this is the ONE" stock drop from its 52 week hi by over 50%. I read the Hampton-Porter recommendation (my first exposure to this stock) and immediately became interested in acquiring a position of about 1k to 2k, but I decided to see what the SI experts had to say first. However, I find nothing that discusses reasons or possible reasons for this stock's decline. I don't need instant gratification, where a stock has to go up 50% the first month I buy it, or its trash. In fact, I like the kind that treads water for a while so that I can get comfortable enough to add to my position and tell my "disciples" about it. BTW, Yahoo research shows this stock to be a 1.14 on the buy/sell scale. With 1 being a strong buy and 5 being a strong sell. 7 analysts are following. I'm stoked about this stock but again would like some type of explanation as to its recent decline. Ed Plopa

To: Benny Baga who wrote (398)	3/25/2000 10:04:00 AM
From: HRAKA	Respond to of 589

The LaGrange story will be on ABC Nightly News either Saturday or Sunday. This LaGrange thing is gettin a whole lot of press. Hraka

To: Benny Baga who wrote (398)	3/26/2000 6:09:00 PM
From: HRAKA	Respond to of 589

OpenTV to buy Spyglass in $2.5 bln stock deal MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif, March 26 (Reuters) - OpenTV Corp. (NasdaqNM:OPTV - news) , which makes software for digital interactive television, said Sunday it will buy Internet consultant and software provider SpyGlass Inc. (NasdaqNM:SPYG - news) for about $2.5 billion in stock, or just over $122 per SpyGlass share. Under the terms of the tax-free deal, Spyglass stockholders will receive 0.7236 OpenTV Series A ordinary shares in exchange for each Spyglass common share, OpenTV said in a statement. Based on OpenTV's closing stock price on March 24, the transaction values Naperville, Ill-based Spyglass at $122.28 per share, an about 75 percent premium to Spyglass' closing price of 69-7/8 on Friday. Spyglass stockholders and option holders will receive about 15 million OpenTV shares and own about 18 percent of the combined company's stock on a fully diluted basis, said OpenTV. The transaction is aimed at expanding OpenTV's digital interactive services to allow customers to browse the web, chat, send and receive e-mail and shop via their set-top TV boxes. The transaction has been approved by the boards of both companies, OpenTV said. Hraka