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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Centura Software Corporation (NASDAQ:CNTR) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: seth thomas who wrote (1849)	11/10/1997 6:09:00 PM
From: John T. Hardee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2428

1 CNTR ÿ CENTURA SOFTWARE C Shorts Avg Vol avg vol divided by shorts 10/97 169,007 232,929 0.73 ÿ 09/97 176,574 421,425 0.42 ÿ 08/97 166,280 133,481 1.25 ÿ 07/97 173,220 232,643 0.74 ÿ 06/97 179,279 246,877 0.73 ÿ 05/97 175,755 196,433 0.89 ÿ 04/97 167,191 79,140 2.11 ÿ 03/97 179,500 128,719 1.39 ÿ 02/97 169,125 146,654 1.15 ÿ 01/97 170,352 140,887 1.21 ÿ 12/96 171,563 80,979 2.12 ÿ 11/96 170,931 86,710 1.97 ÿ

To: seth thomas who wrote (1849)	11/10/1997 7:47:00 PM
From: MENSO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2428

>>> Hey Leo - don't feel bad. << I don't "feel bad" at all, Steve. In fact, my whole point was that I *would* have been disappointed with myself if I had simply left the thread in the middle of the night after recommending Centura for as long as I did. Yes, it does bother me a little (Okay, more than a little if you have to know) to realize that some out there may have actually purchased the stock based solely on my sincere if perhaps overly enthusiastic posts; but no, it does not take a rocket scientist to also realize that anyone having done so really has no one to blame but themselves. Would you not agree with this ? For example, I believe you once posted that you had bought Informix at $22 « and still considered it to be a great buy in the high 20's. Subsequently you recommended it to several SI threads -- often in the same posts where you also made it clear that your knowledge of the software industry qualified you to speak authoritatively about the stock. IFMX has since tanked, as we all know, and yet you continued to post all over SI as if nothing had ever happened. Not once did you acknowledge that your very convincing posts could have easily misled many out there into purchasing the stock right before it tanked . I know, a close friend of mine is one of them. And yet I must admit that I do admire your ability to disassociate yourself from your own failed recommendations. (Hey, its a great quality to possess for anyone whose career ambitions require him to make use of a speech writer !.) But I have not (yet) learned to do that. I am also quite conscious of the mesmerizing "power of the Net" (as you once called it) to either inform or misinform, to either create or destroy; and I must therefore accept responsibility for all of my SI posts even if I only posted what I knew to be true at the time of the posts. But please don't get me wrong, Steve. My goal is not to fan the ashes of our old skirmishes, but rather to try to respond to your comments by hopefully successfully illustrating that while I do feel a heightened sense of responsibility when posting to SI, I would not describe it as a "bad" feeling to have. Am I embarrased over the whole thing ? Well, sure, a little. I think any normal human being would be. Do I regret anything ? Well, sure, having trusted Centura is one of them. Would I have done anything differently in retrospect? Of course, I would have tried to squelch my overwhelming enthusiasm for everything I do and life in general a bit more. Have I learned something ? Plenty, I was only being philosophical when I wrote to Matt that I would hope it has taught me something. Etc., etc... Just out of natural curiosity, is this how you also felt in connection with Informix even if you did not actually post it ? p.s. I have not yet seen the article that you are referring to but, considering that you seem to be proud of whatever Centura-related comments you might have made, I doubt very much that it will surprise me !... : )