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Technology Stocks : WavePhore (WAVO)- VBI fed WaveTop for WebTV -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ayn rand who wrote (1715)	7/15/1998 10:27:00 AM
From: Phil Melemed	Respond to of 2843

re: WAVO and IE Compatibility - theory (I do not speak with insider information or for my employer. This is all assumptions, as qualified below.) I would think that being included in Win98, rather than having Microsoft as an investor, is a driving factor in WaveTop working so well with IE4 that it may not work well today with other browsers. 1) I assume that the WAVO product is difficult to make, especially in a generic way, so it may depend on certain functions in one browser rather than being completely generic; 2) It is possible that WavoPhore and Microsoft had a development agreement where each would modify their product in order to get both to work together; 3) In order to meet the Win98 schedule, with WavoPhore's limited resources, it makes sense to me that working in Win98 had a priority over working (or even testing) with other browsers; 4) I would expect that the glue between WaveTop and Win98 is IE4. So if WavoPhore wants WaveTop to work on non-Win98 systems, it might help to just redistribute IE4 with their product; 5) As their business grows, they get more money, and have more time, they may round out their product with a more general implementation or an alternate implementation that is less browser-dependent.

To: ayn rand who wrote (1715)	7/16/1998 6:33:00 PM
From: Instock	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2843

Dougles,Ron, Bret and all others: I do want to say before leaving this thread. Sorry if I offended anyone with short selling your stock. It was just sitting there screaming to be SS. I beleive we ALL are in the stock market to make a profit. If you think WAVO is going to make you a profit long term, more power to you and wish you the best. If I think a stock has been OVERLY run up and I see a profit in shorting it, more power to me. If any of you did not like my postings about why WAVO WA a good short sell, maybe you should not have posted to me. I was answering questions and offering my IMO, just as any of you do. Once again, sorry if my SS offended and of you. You are all a great group of people with a dream. Long term dreams are ok too. I just like to get my cash a bit quicker then waiting months and years for it. Peace Instock