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To: Simba who wrote (53106)	1/3/2001 9:14:31 AM
From: sandeep	Respond to of 436258

Simba, many of you on SI have a very suspicious view of corporations especially tech companies. I believe that this colors your analysis. I will respond to you in detail. I hang out on the MSFT thread because I trade MSFT the most (besides futures). In fact, I even started "How low can MSFT go" a few months ago. I have regularly criticized MSFT in some areas. Loyalty and happiness of employees doesn't only depend on gains on options, it depends on a lot of things. I commend SAS for recognizing that since they are not a public company. Of course, you cite a study from a few years ago and the productivity gains in the last few years are the ones that have been fueled by the market, stock options and have in turn led to the market gains. I know that many on this thread will disagree with that. I wonder why. If anyone trades to make money, I bet that the person is more productive in other areas of life which probably feeds back into better trading. I firmly believe that companies should me forced to declare the cost of options as a part of their financial statement. That way, there can be no doubt in an investor's mind what the effects of options are on the company. Ships like CSCO, INTC, MSFT are not about to sink any time soon. I hope whoever wanted to leave because of stock price collapse has already left. Yes, stock options can end up hurting the company if it promises a lot and nothing comes of it. That is a risk a company must take, imho.