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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (33929)	4/15/2000 8:54:00 AM
From: Techplayer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 77400

Kenneth, SCMR is trading at 1/4 of its value, yet nearly every person that started there until the IPO still has around 9 million in stock options on the table at this level. CSCO, NT and LU do not have the ability or stock plan to deliver this. If a new employee goes to SCMR right NOW, they can get 20k shares, versus 3-5 from competitors. Even a partial rebound can yield a tidy return. tp

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (33929)	4/15/2000 11:15:00 AM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 77400

Your opinion is actually right on the nose. My brother works at a very large corporate law firm. His specialties are IPOs and M&A work. I just got off the phone with him and he told me that an incredible amount of deals have been put back on the shelf. In fact, an IPO he was just working on got cancelled. So market downturns like these have immediate and drastic effects on the IPO market. Conversely, when the market swings back up, the IPOs come right back off the shelf. Good luck everyone!