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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: waldemar cyranski who wrote (38910)	8/26/2003 7:00:01 PM
From: Elmo Gregory	Respond to of 42771

Hi Waldy, Good chance NOVL will hit $5.00 tomorrow. If it does, I'm going out and buy a cigar to celebrate. Don't know if the following might have influenced the stock action or not but probably didn't hurt it any. ------------------------------------------------------ Aug 26, 2003 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Pinnacle Resources LP Reports Its Technical & Quantitative Model Results for the Following Stocks: Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ NM: NOVL) is currently trading at 131.9% of its 200-Day Moving Average, however the weekly Sharpe Risk-Return Ratio for (NASDAQ NM: NOVL) is .08, which trails the S&P 500 Sharpe ratio that presently stands at 2.29. The Sharpe Ratio is an objective risk versus return calculation developed by Nobel Prize winning economist William Sharpe that is used by some institutional investors to determine the risk adjusted return on their respective investments. The higher the Sharpe Ratio, the better the return of the asset relative to the risk exposure of the asset The firm's proprietary quantitative and technical trading model has generated a `long` position for this stock based on its previous closing price. The firm's model generates a `long` position when it detects a positive trend developing in the historical price data series. For more detailed information, visit the equities and models sections of the firm's website located at pinnacle-resources.net. ---------------------------------------------------- Regards, Elmo

To: waldemar cyranski who wrote (38910)	8/26/2003 11:12:16 PM
From: PJ Strifas	Respond to of 42771

Waldy - Thanks but I don't think I had anything to do with this - if anything, we need to give some kudos to Chris Stone et al for getting on with the Linux thing. The announcement to ADD Linux is good enough for some attention - it will be the execution of that strategy that will ultimately get Novell's stock price into the kind of territory we'd all like to see. If you ask me, I think that and the "good" earnings report are making a difference right now. The $7 per share price point will come with some execution on the first stage of Novell's Linux strategy (a few big name wins with the upcoming Novell Services for Linux will do I think). After that, it will be how the (Linux) developers take to Novell's involvement and how well Novell works with the open-source community. Also as a footnote, the SCO thing and Novell's position with the copyrights on the UNIX code can also affect Novell but not adversely IMO - only because if SCO is right, then the code really belongs to Novell :) and if they are found to be wrong, well, Novell still has the code that can help :) But honestly, thanks for the vote of confidence :) And save a Cuban for me! Regards, Peter J Strifas

To: waldemar cyranski who wrote (38910)	8/27/2003 9:20:59 AM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Hmmmmmmmm Peter gets outsourced and becomes an IBM employee. Then shortly after joining and slithering around at IBM he joins Novell. Now the rumours are rampant on IBM buying Novell. Maybe Peter was a sleuthing Deal Maker and brought these two companies together. Hey - I gotta start a rumour somehow ;) In reality, people on this this board (myself included) have said countless times over that Novell would be an extremely good fit for IBM. Now with Novell strong push into the open systems arena and with Novell seeming to hold some of the legacy Unix code keys that would help IBM put another nail in SCO's dumb-a?? money grab, maybe the IBM executive have finally seen the light. Unfortunately, I will make a bold prediction that this is just another "IBM Buys Novell" rumour that once again will be nothing but Dust in the Wind. As for Peter, we all knew that once Novell became smart enough to hire Peter, the lucky charm on Peter's head would shine down on Novell and all us shareholders and bless us all :) Cheers! Perry