To: Batman who wrote (931 ) 6/22/1998 1:27:00 PM From: Brent Respond to of 3383
Batman, Most of your post we have already hashed and rehashed and neither side can prove anything so I'll leave it alone. But I can't let two of your thoughts go without a comment. <Here's a question I was told to pose to the brilliant minds that spend their valuable time productively on this board. Would you please call Coke and say you are a shareholder. Then demand that they tell you what the formula for coke is because as a shareholder you are entitled to know it. I'll wait for your response to this "research" project.> You can't be serious? First, Coke's formula is not patented. They are taking the gamble that no one can figure it out. Second and more importantly, as an investor there is no reason to know Coke's formula, they don't claim that it cures cancer or anything. Third, Coke has been in business for decades, they have a proven track record. With billions in profits there is no reason to doubt that coke tastes good. With AENG there is substantial need to verify their claims. Fourth, No one here has said that as a shareholder they are 'entitled' to know it. We have only said that if AENG wants to convince people they have a patent they should give the number. In Summary, Coke and their formula have absolutely no relation to AENG's situation. That is the second worst argument only to this next one. <Check out Microsoft and Disney for insider selling. Now why would Gates be selling hundreds of millions of his stock when he is filthy rich already? He is getting paid his salary, full benefits, a generous expense account and he is selling his INDIDER stock he got at little or no cost. Rest my case.> Rest your case?!? That is hilarious. You are comparing a bb stock that has been public less than a year with massive insider sales, no proven product, no contracts, no revenues, one employee, etc., etc. etc. to a company that has been around for more than 20 years (longer with Disney) with billions in revenues and profits and insiders selling small percentages of their holdings. Did Gates sell his insider shares in that first year he went public before he landed his contract with IBM to produce DOS? Sorry that was a trick question. Microsoft didn't go public before they had a product, sales, contracts, or more than 1 employee. They went public much later. And then yes Gates did begin selling SOME shares. He has only sold a small percentage of his overall holdings that is the reason he is so 'filty rich', he held onto the vast majority of his shares. Again the comparison is laughable. Of course, this is all just my opinion, Brent PS I have a patent on a new toilet I invented. It uses only one tablespoon of water per flush, it makes no noise when you flush it, through my new patented process it 'digests' all waste so no sewage system is necessary (it can even handle flushing money, but then again you already found a way to do that) and its only byproduct is pure drinkable water. I can't give you the patent number because I don't want you to copy my design (even though you legally can't due to the patent). I am willing to sell you all my shares of the company for $4 even though I think the toilet will revolutionize the world and eventually make every share worth several hundred dollars. Do you want to buy them?* * This is not a true investment offer. The company and its patent doesn't exist. I don't want to or intend to take money, legally or illegally, from prospective investors.