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

To: Spartex who wrote (21371)	3/23/1998 12:53:00 PM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

The later Microsoft Corp.'s NT 5.0 gets, the more hesitant users, developers, and resellers are becoming about making definitive plans to deploy the product. The trouble with NT 5.0:Too close to Year 2000 zdnet.com

To: Spartex who wrote (21371)	3/23/1998 1:05:00 PM
From: Steve Fancy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

We'll see Quad. What's you're prediction for a high this week? There does seem to be a re-energized level of hopefuls, but I'd bet that most of the big buyers bought before this week. Part of the problem with Novell's announcements, especially along the lines of affiliations, is that in the past, they make the announcements, then you never hear another word. Anyone following Novell for the last couple of years knows this. I remember the announcement last year regarding Oracle. I remember Oracle commenting they didn't even know what they were going to do as an affiliate, I think the specific comment was something to the effect of "we haven't thought about it yet". Certainly, nothing ever stays the same, but I can't blame anyone for being skeptical. Incompetence has been the rule with this company, not the exception. We've been through the affiliations (still wondering whatever happened to SUNW, CA, and IBM), and we've been through a hot new Netware release, yet the company never experienced the huge rebound we all expected. If I were in at 7 1/2, I'd probably be happy with the 28% increase, but good luck to you. I hope you prove me wrong. The way I remember, Brainshare related activities have had there most signigicant impact the first day, or in the case of last year, the week before. They started releasing news early last year to try and stop a freefall in the stock. sf

To: Spartex who wrote (21371)	3/23/1998 2:39:00 PM
From: Don Earl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42771

Hi Quad-K, Not enough volume and too much selling pressure for a resistance breaking move. The gap happened on low volume and the attempt to break 10 3/4 has failed 3 times so far today. Media hype from Barons isn't a good enough excuse for a 5% gap. That has to fill to get a clean chart. My guess is it will end up going flat around 10 until some kind of more urgent news kicks it one way or the other. Not enough short term downside to make a good short play and too expensive to start a long position. I suspect by the end of the week it will be too boring to watch. Regards, Don