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To: Exacctnt who wrote (71944)	7/31/2002 6:23:11 PM
From: jonkai	Respond to of 74651

I maintain that the Treasury Stock method is the method which determines the quantity of diluted shares in the fully diluted earnings per share calculation are you trying to maintain that changing how a Company expenses and accounts for option grants does not change the earnings numbers? do you really want to hide the real problem? ...... you can also argue that Companies will not change how many options they grant because of new ways of accounting for options, but then you'd be wrong too.... or you can argue that Companies will not think twice about doing what MSFT did, which is reissue "replacement" stock options when their stock collapses....... but then you'd be wrong again..... the point you should be taking from this is that Stock options are an expense, and they are an expense that shareholders have to bear completely....... especially when a company like MSFT refuses to reimburse the shareholder for this obvious expense to a shareholders true value per share........ jon.