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To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (14344)	9/13/2000 11:11:11 PM
From: Scotsman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19079

That does seem to be one truth about L.E. He is determined to beat Bill Gates. So this stock option thing to me is also positive. He obviously thinks Oracle will be larger than Microsoft at some point, and hence his options will push him over the top. It is important to remember that these options can go down just as fast as up, so it can hurt his net worth or help it a lot. Just depends upon how it looks in the next few years. So, anyone have any opinions how tomorrows numbers will turn out? First Call has 13cents with a range of 11-14. What is the whisper number which seems to be the all important thing these days?

To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (14344)	9/13/2000 11:55:42 PM
From: Hardly B. Solipsist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19079

I've also been told that LE wants to avoid diluting his holdings at ORCL, and so part of the arrangement with the board (perhaps implicit -- or perhaps this is just nonsense that someone told me) is that he gets options in proportion to increases in the stock float. No matter what, it's a lot of shares, but it's still not enough doesn't negatively affect the share price, and as long as he's motivated to push himself and the company, I'm delighted for him to get it. Certainly the money as such (as opposed to "winning") doesn't matter. I imagine that after the first few billion you stop worrying about your salary...