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Technology Stocks : MRV Communications (MRVC) opinions? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cmg who wrote (23246)	8/21/2000 11:50:53 AM
From: Sector Investor	Respond to of 42804

From Raging bull: ragingbull.altavista.com

To: cmg who wrote (23246)	8/21/2000 1:09:12 PM
From: Stu Bishop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42804

Hi cmg, Here's a question for the thread. Since you and Greg are discussing when to lighten up, that brings to mind the specific conditions for receiving shares in the IPOs at the time of distribution. Has the thread already discussed this? I sometimes get so far behind I'll skip a few hundred posts. If so, can you make a guess as to when the discussions took place, and I can go back and find the posts. Does one have to be an MRVC shareholder at the time of the IPO in order to receive shares at the time they are distributed? Does one have to own shares continuously from pre IPO through the distribution? Can one simply buy MRVC just prior to the distribution and receive the new shares (I doubt it)? Obviously, one has to consider the ramifications of any MRVC buys/sells as regards to potential shares in the companies coming public. I'd appreciate any help, and sorry if this has already been covered. If we don't know, I'm going to write the company and ask them. Hey Greg, You mentioned where to put any MRVC profits you might take. If you'd like a similar situation, check out Cabletron (CS). You probably know their story, but in case you don't: They were once a serious rival to Cisco, and one of the largest networking firms. Over time, Cisco beat them nearly into the trash heap. However, they have relatively new management from their Yago purchase, and supposedly some pretty good technology. They are starting to show some real signs of life now. They have broken the company into four units to be IPO'd eventually, and they have promised two for this year. The first will be Riverstone which is into Metropolitan Area Networks. They are showing sequential growth in the mid 20%. Good luck to all. SPB P.S. Sorry about the mis-quote Sector. Just fading memory, no harm intended. I'll be more careful in the future.