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To: James Fink who wrote (36019)	3/29/1998 7:34:00 PM
From: kemble s. matter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

James, Your arrogance is not worth responding to....

To: James Fink who wrote (36019)	3/29/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: D. Swiss	Respond to of 176387

James, if you were familiar with Dell, you would know that insiders routinely trade based on options. Mikey usually sells one percent of his holdings about four times per year. There is no sense in trying to hype a routine non-event. :o) Drew

To: James Fink who wrote (36019)	3/29/1998 7:49:00 PM
From: Fangorn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

James, If 150,000 was close to a third of Topfer's DELL holdings I am surprised but even if true that means he kept 69% (until he exercises some more options). These people have families, build houses, etc. In fact some one in Topfer's position would be an idiot to leave all his assets in the company he works for. To claim these relatively small sales by insiders says anything about the company good or bad is to tell us all that you know very little of the history of DELL or other fast growing companies that use options and/or stock to pay executives. My brother-in-law is mid- to high-level at a big three auto company and sells a large portion of the stock he gets by exercising the options that are part of his compensation every year. Does this mean he thinks the company is in trouble? NOT!!

To: James Fink who wrote (36019)	3/29/1998 9:24:00 PM
From: K. M. Strickler	Respond to of 176387

JF, I heard that Topfer is going to finance a DELL project in southeast asia as a 'private' individual as it is easier that trying to get a corporate entity in! What do you think? Ken

To: James Fink who wrote (36019)	3/29/1998 9:36:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 176387

On February 23, 1998, Mort Topfer sold 150,000 shares of stock worth $19.4 million. This constituted 31 percent of his entire holdings. Where do you come up with 150k shares being 31% of entire holdings??? Have you ever looked at Dell's proxy?? Do you have any inkling of an idea just how many shares Mort controls?? I don't think you do... I don't think you have a clue... I don't think you've ever seen one of Dell's proxy reports. If you think insider selling by the top brass at Dell is a big deal, why don't you do some research and find out how many shares vested, unvested, compensation, awards etc. Mike, Mort, Meredith et. al. actually control. Then, use a math trick called "division". Take the number of shares sold and divide by shares controlled. This will give a true percentage of holdings sold. As incentive, the sum of all Mort's shares is closing in on a quarter of a BILLION dollars... peeling off 19 million worth is mouse nuts. Happy hunting.. MEATHEAD