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To: 16yearcycle who wrote (118849)	2/28/2001 12:38:25 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Gene: Did you know that AG is responsible for all my stupid investment decisions? I am shocked to know he did the same thing to you -- I hate that guy.

To: 16yearcycle who wrote (118849)	2/28/2001 1:04:12 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Since you are predicting amzn will "go busto" and Bill thinks they won't, by definition, you will be wrong if they survive and Bill will be wrong if they go bankrupt. Gene, Bankruptcy is not at all a requirement of of me being correct. Simply, net profit margins of 10% or great using GAAP will show I was incorrect. Until then you are both wasting time postulating what the coming months bring. I was not postulating anything. I simply had asked Bill if he was willing to agree that Amazon had not lived up to his expectations fundamentally. There is nothing wrong with a simple question. I did not initially receive a straight answer to a polite question. Rather I received evasive definitions of a successful company which clearly was insulting to me not to mention I was called names and told to "fck off." I apologized to Bill in private regarding the exchange although it is very clear in my mind that Bill was out of line, attacked me personally and he really should be the one making an apology or at least one too. Why you brought this up again is beyond me. Anyhow, I told Bill that I was sorry to have caused this much tension or to in anyway have insulted him. I am done addressing this until more fundamental changes occur and may ask Bill again if he is in agreement with me. Bill's last public response was Bill was of the belief Amazon will make the kind of numbers we discussed above so that issue is over. I do not have a clue what fundamental change will cause Bill to change his mind so my recent comment was wondering if filing Chapter 11 would do it. You guys can talk all about it in the meanwhile but this won't clear up for awhile. It's certainly nothing to get po'd about, and declare victory until the game is over. I am not po'd and I made that very clear to Bill in a PM. I would prefer the entire issue to be dropped nad maybe Bill and I can address this much further down the line when we all feel better about things. In the meanwhile, Greenspan fiddles away.* Greenspan is making me po'd. I can't do much about his actions. I wish you would ask Bill to forget this issue too so Bill and I can get back into exchanging thoughts and information. My final thoughts on this is Bill and I need never agree on a stock to be friends or to communicate well. The funny thing is there are many stock he and I both agree on. I would like to end this entire confrontation and I am publically apologizing to Bill and anyone else on either thread regarding the amount of wasted time this caused. I am sorry everyone. Let's please move on. Thank you gene. Glenn