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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Fiondella who wrote (32027)	5/26/2000 1:25:00 PM
From: Frederick Smart	Respond to of 42771

Wall Street: Sending The Message.... >>I sent Raney a short email specifically requesting that move It went to draney@novell.com It was brief and to the point. Get the BOD together. Authorize an immediate buyback of $100 mil. Go into the market and buy anything offered under $10 a share. I'm sure plenty of companies would like that commission business from Novell.>> Paul: Wall Street feeds on weakness. Novell acts and looks weak right now. A soft underbelly has been exposed. Shorts and market makers are ganging up and it's a feeding frenzy. Mom & pop retail margin selling, institutional "get me out" selling with mm's jumping ahead and piling on , etc. etc. The best thing Novell can do is to personally CALL every major institutional holder of stock and get personal. Risk opening the kimono and sharing the vision and power behind a New Novell. And the best way to express this confidence is to not just announce a buyback, but make this buyback virally ring with incredible confidence. Call it grandstanding, chairstanding, whatever. There's a powerful story behind this ONE vision which MUST get out....NOW. What better way to go on notice than to stare down the tiger on Wall Street, pull it by the tail into the right direction while giving it a big pat on it's furry back. I'd be happy to be part of some outside/inside vision information syndicate which helps educate these and a growing number of shareholders about the transformation underway inside and outside Novell. This isn't the time to blink. It's the perfect time to go on the offensive. Retail shareholders are actually in a powerful position right now. Novell's price collapse is forcing a complete review of what this company is all about. My vote is on Mr. and Mrs. Little Outside. My vote is with the little guy hanging at the end of the hair which can wag this Red Dog up new trees so it can can better embrace these transformative energies. Peace. GO!!