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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (55684)	5/16/1998 8:58:00 AM
From: Francis Chow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

<But, Investor Relations? You may have something there. This is where they may have over done the stock option thing when they haven't contributed commensurately over time.> Also, if it's like most stock option plans, the shares are created out of thin air - not drawn from a pool. This is like printing money and dilutes the real value of existing shares. BTW, not all employees get options equally - top management gets the lion's share and they are also the ones who should be held accountable for poor company performance.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (55684)	5/16/1998 10:44:00 AM
From: Jay	Respond to of 186894

Re "They are indeed an asset that grows over time and does not show up on the balance sheet in a direct way" Do not show up on the balance sheet???!! Someone said that the company has to spend $5 billion to honor the option grants. I don't know if this number shows up in the balance sheet, but it is still money owed. BTW I am (as I believe you are too) a "knowledge worker". Are the directors who are cashing in their multi-million$ grants also knowledge workers? Whatever happened to esprit de corp? Does everything have to be done by mercenary workers? Did mercenaries ever win a war for anyone? I am not saying that options are a bad idea - rather that it is unfair to stockholders for top management to enrich themselves while the stock does nothing.