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To: Kenith Lee who wrote (6199)	5/16/1998 11:41:00 PM
From: Time Traveler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6843

Question: Why has Paul never brought up that options thing? Answer: Because it is total BS! Since HP and Compaq still insist on building their PCs in their own way rather than Dell's approach of utilizing Intel built stuff or Intel reference designs, the result is not so profitable for both HP and Compaq and very profitable for Dell. Talking about how Packard Bell is not doing well despite using Intel reference designs, the answer is that the market does not really want low-end products. PB traditionally has used the cheapest (lowest quality) components in their systems. Yes, the same sort of cheap systems K6 has proudly found a home to, garbage PCs. Time Traveler

To: Kenith Lee who wrote (6199)	5/18/1998 8:07:00 AM
From: Francis Chow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

<Thanks Francis for the interest Intel option.> Everyone should go to forbes.com Type "stock options" into the search box then scroll down the headlines to something like: "stock options not a free lunch" I was surprised to see than unexercised, in-the-money options of MSFT make up 44% of all shares outstanding, including all the unexercised options, so that would mean there are unexercised options almost equal to all the MSFT shares currently traded - hundreds of billions worth!