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To: tahoe_bound who wrote (19546)	6/12/2000 10:25:00 AM
From: levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Someone needs to speak to management about the fact they are investing in private companies that we the loyal go2net longs do not have the opportunity to invest in....on24 is only the most recent example....I think special provisions should be made for us......I would infact be willing to exchange my collectable go2net trillionaire button for an opportunity for private placement participation in some of these companies like on24..... I think the partnership with on24 will be very different than on24's partnership with the other 600 companies it says it partners with....I would envision audio and video news appearing directly in with other news for each stock....we all knew this was coming..just to bad we can not profit from it.

To: tahoe_bound who wrote (19546)	6/12/2000 3:28:00 PM
From: tahoe_bound	Respond to of 28311

Russ H. this must be very embarrasing by now. Isn't it? Here the price of your companies' stock is barely 7-8 points up from the meltdown lows, while still down over 65 points from the high, all the while the nasdaq has recently recovered about 8-900 points from a 2,000 point correction. Shouldn't this tell you something in a very big way? This has been the rule rather than the exception for far too long. The volume today of barely 120,000 is yet another damning indictment showing less and less interest from the market. In fact, were the stock double, that would translate into 60,000 or so shares with todays action. The average volume used to be 10 times that. Some might take solace from the positive words from the Piper Jaffray analyst. How he argues that the market cap is unjustly far behind that of an Infospace or a Yahoo. However, he failed to add that there is good reason for that, meaning that along with the much higher market cap awarded others, there is much more prominent analyst coverage, far more interest as indicated by trading volume, and a constant stream of major news coming out to name a few. They are also leaders in certain areas. It should be crystal clear by now that solid fundamentals alone do not create a condition of great respect and influence in the marketplace. If virtually no one outside of Washington State is even aware of what is going on or who the company is, even .30 in the current quarter will not make a difference for more than a couple of days yet again. Any good news is quickly discounted and overwhelmed by nearly complete lack of recognition. The market is saying quite loudly, that profits alone of a few cents are not sufficient alone for judging a dominant position. Can this all get worse? It can. Will it? Who knows. Please, before my family faces a financial catastrophe thanks to my bad decision in buying this stock too high and then watching it melt down, stop sticking it to us and all other shareholders and get on the ball with some solid plans with regards to increasing awareness. That could include major coverage and that does not mean by some analysts that no one has ever heard of, share buybacks, not missing out on the largest technology conferences, creative advertising and branding, acquisitions, and some news that actually gets greeted with some enthusiasm, not tiny little deals that 99.99% of everyone shrugs off like again today, since Yahoo and Lycos already trumped you on the On24 news. The little stuff might be designed to tide over some, but the market is not fooled. Bascially, the same old ways are not working for the horrific performance of the stock, instead it just continues to drift into the morass of indifference along with the company on the recognition scale.