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To: rkral who wrote (180983)	5/4/2005 9:23:33 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Does it seem to you that Intel is issuing a disproportionate amount of options based on your understanding of the exercise price, the vesting period and the number of options?

To: rkral who wrote (180983)	5/6/2005 6:02:26 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Ron, RE: "Was there a helpful link to that blurb posted on this thread?" The blurb was in an article posted recently by someone. I guess you don't read all the posts. RE: " Besides you're totally ignoring the $23 exercise relative to the ~$19 exercise of 2003." No, you didn't read all the posts. I already said the notion of doubling on the way down bothered me a tad (you'd have to go way back and read several of my older posts, to understand what this means.) But after seeing your post showing Intel issued less than the others, even while they were doubling up on the way down, I'd say my opinion should probably change on this. They probably did do the right thing. The data shows they did, so my error. I apologize for my rant on that topic. But moving forward, I have the attitude the economy is fine for businesses. There's no 9/11 and war is old news, there's no dotcom bubble. (Okay, admittedly gas prices are high and Greenspan is raising interest rates, thus pinching spending and PEs.) Am all for them issuing options after an economic calamity that's no fault of their own (like the US starting a war, etc.), but do not like rewarding for a portion of a dip in part due to a stumble -- mainly because this stock has been in the tank for more than half a decade so am more snarly on things that would normally be considered small issues. But after looking at your data (Intel 2% vs Cisco 4.3%), seems like everyone in hightech looks up to Intel and expects perfection and thus criticizes it to death. Based upon your numbers, Cisco certainly has been easy with stock over this downturn, compared to Intel. Okay, I back down from my comments. In fact, maybe these people are under compensated. I don't know. Us hightech investors can be a snarly bunch, hey? What a thankless job it must be, to be a CEO these days. Nothing but criticism. I still can't believe Motorola's CEO got $38M for 1.5 years of work - ridiculous. As if he invented a new idea or something. Regards, Amy J