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

To: Dennis Nicks who wrote (4858)	5/2/2000 11:34:00 AM
From: atvcb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

I agree, and in addition to the quantitative analysis, or the lack of it, by those broadview idiots we paid, and will be paying again, one may also add the qualitative stuffs, such as the value of the INPR's cash, settlement costs of all the lawsuits against Corel (doubtful if Corel will go to trials), and last but not least, the Cowpland factor.

To: Dennis Nicks who wrote (4858)	5/5/2000 4:04:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Respond to of 5102

As a practical matter, it makes no sense whatsoever for any industry outsiders to be evaluating the sort of technology that Inprise produces. That explains why they would fail to include closely related technology companies while making meaningless comparisons to companies like Red Hat. Anybody can distribute Linux, anybody. That includes Inprise and I wonder what this report would say if Inprise spent a week putting together Inprise Linux? Would Inprise then be held up to the same candle as Red Hat with billions of dollars in market value? Even if Corel had not plunged back to its historical highs (the five dollar range) and remained at a post-pump, pre-dump level, why would Inprise associate itself with a software industry comedy act like Corel? I'm not the only one with that opinion, either.