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To: Sleeperz who wrote (2247)	4/6/1998 5:08:00 PM
From: The Devil Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5827

CRLum CR, It is obvious that we play on different sides of the fence. You obviously seem to feel quite comfortable in your abilities in which to assess the risk and valuation of your investments and feel the need to express your opinion in which to help others who are like minded. It is obvious that most individuals on this thread are long term investors. That does not mean that we do not want to hear all sides of the story. It is always nice to have an opposing opinion to keep us all grounded, focused to understand the true value of our investment.I know that you feel that BLD is ready to topple, so you insist on trying to post to the best of your ability, negative aspects in such a way that you create such an antagonistic feeling that most just give you nasty responses back instead of actually really trying to debate in a healthy constructive manner. Maybe when you feel the need to play the down side, share your strategy with the others so that we can also protect our investment if we so wish. Others will do the same. I'm sure others would like to share strategy to your benifit just the same. If none of this appeals to you, maybe I can suggest that you post your short strategies and advice to other threads that focus on the short-option plays. techstocks.com techstocks.com Or simply start you own thread for Ballard Short pics. This is all IMHO. I would rather have healthy debate that is a benefit to all rather than all this animosity that does not achieve anything. Good luck in your investments. Regards WB

To: Sleeperz who wrote (2247)	4/6/1998 5:39:00 PM
From: Edward W. Richmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5827

"Companies that want to protect their Top secrets don't issue patents if they figure no one else will be able to figure them out." CR, are you kidding? There is no way that a reputable company is not going to protect its products from competitors. Without patents, they can't raise financing because of the lack of protection. If they share their secret with investors, its no longer a secret and they are in trouble. Would Daimler, Ford etc. invest in unprotected fuel cell technology? Hardly. If Ballard did share unpatented technological information to sell partnership agreements, Sid would probably have been correct in his assessment that we would be able to buy Ballard in the single digit price range. In my opinion, your statement falls into the same category as Sid's. I think it is called "boneheaded". I do appreciate contrarian opinion and I have sold 80% of my Ballard, but I think you did misspeak. Regards, Ed