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To: fedhead who wrote (141073)	3/29/2002 2:08:32 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

McNealy has a problem with Microsoft. IMOP he should be more concerned about IBM. investor.cnet.com

To: fedhead who wrote (141073)	4/1/2002 3:38:04 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

>>Those were the days Rob Atkinson, a software developer at Expedia, rushed out to get his "EXPE" license plate as soon as he learned what the company's ticker symbol would be, just before its initial public offering in late 1999. The online travel agency in Bellevue spun off from Microsoft. DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES Rob Atkinson, a software developer at Bellevue-based Expedia.com, has his company ticker symbol, "EXPE," on his Ford Explorer. "I got it back when we were IPO'ing," he said. "It was an exciting time, we were breaking off from Microsoft. I was like, this is the new us, we're the independent Expedia." Atkinson said the IPO was his chance to experience a company's launch, so the plate is also sentimental. "It signifies that for me. It's pretty fun," he said. "I get grief about it inside the company but I'm still glad I got it." Expedia stock has swung widely up and down but closed Thursday at $69.84, five times its $14 initial price. Atkinson is still driving a 1993 Ford Explorer, however. His original plan was to move the "EXPE" plates every year onto a nicer car as the stock went up. "That hasn't happened," he said. "My wife's getting a new car but I'm hanging on to this one." seattletimes.nwsource.com