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To: Ronald Wright who wrote (1)	12/23/1997 10:50:00 AM
From: Darth Trader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34

I shorted AOL at 89 1/2. The rally will probably fail once Fortune Magazine readers stop buying, and the shorts stop covering.

To: Ronald Wright who wrote (1)	12/23/1997 8:47:00 PM
From: Bert Klimer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 34

Well AOL's e commerce accounts are starting to annoy everyone I know that has AOL. If you pay for a service, you don't expect to pay for ads. Everytime I log on, AOL is trying to hawk me their credit card or something for my computer. It ticks me off b/c I have to either accept or decline their offer before I can check anything. I just want to log on and log off without interuptions. Also the stuff with their email servers being down is annoying. Let alone all the junk email from people selling MLM and porn is enough to drive people away especially parents. Don't get me worng, I think AOL is pretty good, but I see competition eroding their customer base and ultimately their stock price a little. Bert

To: Ronald Wright who wrote (1)	12/24/1997 2:05:00 AM
From: Christopher Grace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34

I own AOL stock and subscribe to the point of view that AOL dominates its market and is the premier pure-play Internet stock. In my opinion AOL gets better every year and is hands-down a better package than any of the numerous ISPs and online services I have tried over the years. I have been an AOL member for 5 years and especially like that I can use it to communicate easily with scores of nontechnical friends and relatives who are also AOL members. The stock is definitely not for those unwilling to take some risks but it's hard for me to understand the anti-AOL sentiment often seen on this board. AOL's merits are mostly ignored which makes me wonder whether people here are just self-selected AOL-haters or actually fair-minded investors. Haven't we heard enough of the AOL-will-get-killed-by-the-web arguments? AOL's market share among home users is nearly 50% and GROWING; does anyone really doubt AOL's product? Also, isn't it the case that a lot of you would say AOL is overvalued at any price because you don't like (or don't understand?)investing in a market share-driven company operating at the beginning stages of its industry's development; many of you seem puzzled that the stock doesn't crater. You keep wondering what is wrong with the rest of the world... why don't all those dummies agree with you? It's time to take an honest look at AOL. You'll see a great investment opportunity.