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To: Doug (Htfd,CT) who wrote (495)	5/14/1998 9:43:00 PM
From: ajunkh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19700

Nice post John. You make a lot of sense. However, the Internet is much more mature as an industry and a medium today than it was in early 1996 (we're speaking in relative terms here, remember!). History doesn't always repeat itself in different stages of the birth of a major new industry. I like the fact that CMG is reducing it's Lycos stake. They will take that cash and invest in new private companies and help them to grow to add further value to the CMG portfolio, and, ultimately, to the stock. I also like the opportunity to receive stock dividends in four potentially high-profile companies that CMG will take public this year. You may do very well trading in and out of CMGI on a short-term basis, but I do not think I could effectively time boom and bust cycles in the sector or the stock. If I had tried, I would have missed out on most of the run from the 20s where I got in. So I'm watching CMG for fun, but I'm not touching my holdings for a long time. The future will prove me right or wrong!

To: Doug (Htfd,CT) who wrote (495)	5/15/1998 12:17:00 AM
From: Premier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19700

Doug: Congratulations on your capital gains. I looked into the insider trading issue somewhat in depth. Form 4 is for actual reporting of sale/purchase by insiders and form 144 is for reporting intention to sell unregistered securities. In the link you provided to insider trader one of the reporters (in 144 for 152,224) was N=non insider and all others were insiders. CMGI had issued 632,000 unregistered shares most recently in buy out of Accipter. I believe that non insiders like former owners of Accipter are included in the above 144 filing. Vickers reported that total insiders held 2,959,121 shares of which 2,931,123 are held by David Wetherell. Vicker's two month old data (gathered from form 4 filing) suggests that insiders sold 28,237 shares recently. The insiders will take a shot from the above 144 filing of 152,224 (may be 20% to 30%?) in the near future. IMHO,based on insider (Wetherel's) holding the actual and proposed insider sales are non material. This is a great thread. In the SFE conference call, it was stated that they look at 2000 ventures during a year and invest in 7. Similarly, I am positive CMGI will find good use for cash from LCOS sale. IMHO, for CMGI best is yet to come. Good luck to all. Best regards. Premier