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To: Investor-ex! who wrote (5432)	11/3/1997 9:02:00 PM
From: moose	Respond to of 13594

DBC stated that AOL had another glitch in there email today. Came out around 4:30 pm, but think it could be responsable for the 100,000 sold at the buzzer today. Hopefully this is true and WSJ will publish something about it tomorrow. Sold half my 75 puts for a lose.

To: Investor-ex! who wrote (5432)	11/4/1997 6:34:00 AM
From: John Kratus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

In-ex!, I completely agree with your well-reasoned post. What a concept: AOL "fishing for eyeballs." John

To: Investor-ex! who wrote (5432)	11/4/1997 7:50:00 PM
From: Brian K Crawford	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13594

<<On one hand, they trot out their in-house member numbers to differentiate themselves whenever they want to justify their stock price and ad rates. On the other hand, they lately seem to be having to reach beyond their captive members, to the Internet as a whole, for their continuing growth. They can't have it both ways.>> It is my position that they can have it both ways, they already have it both ways, and they will continue to have it both ways. ...and the advertisers won't mind, and will buy the packaged ad deals, wherever those eyeballs are..... By the way, for those who were wondering.....the term Hoi Polloi was used in describing AOL Instant message users. Hoi Polloi: [Greek, the many]. the common people; the masses; usually patronizing or contemptuous. Hmmm. Hoity-toity ! Brian