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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (160153)	8/29/2000 5:00:21 PM
From: D.J.Smyth	Respond to of 176387

ot Charles, well had to look it up: bigcharts.com went as low as 1 3/8ths. i don't even recall the split adjusted price at the time. I orginally bought it in the high $20s (on the advice of the IT director at the time) pre-split split split split split split split split split and it floated in the $20s to $30s range ad infinitum. looking back, i was a complete idiot for not buying and holding more wasn't i? i allowed my own impatience and the talking heads define gravity for me.

To: Charles Tutt who wrote (160153)	8/29/2000 7:30:10 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Charles - no,I think that is pretty accurate. I held SUNW from 1988 until early 1995. Between 1990 and 1995 it just traded in a range, losing 40% or 50% of its value, clawing back, then losing again. I finally gave up the ghost and when it went to a new high in early 1995 I sold my entire SUNW position - actually one of the worst investment decisions I ever made, but hindsight is 20-20. As it turned out, I sold just before the real run-up, after holding all those years - the next 5 years saw a 6,000% increase. Interestingly enough, the performance of both SUNW and DELL from the beginning of 1995 is virtually identical. DELL went up earlier but at the moment, both are up about 6,000 % over that 5 year run.