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To: lin luo who wrote (1194)	7/15/1998 5:05:00 PM
From: Dell-icious	Respond to of 2578

I am still wondering how a 19-year old college drop-out got this far in the world where people think they know everything. That is the real puzzle to me. I don't see what the corelation is between college and success? It is neither necessary nor sufficient to finish college to be successful. Dell-icious

To: lin luo who wrote (1194)	7/15/1998 5:17:00 PM
From: Ming	Respond to of 2578

Einstein was a high-school drop-out, but that didn't prevent him from succeeding. And Dell certainly wasn't the only successful Silicon Valley drop-out, either. The founders of Apple, Bill Gates, are all dropouts. there are literally hundredsof examples of successful entrepreneurs who didn't complete college or high school. Because they were visionaries. They knew what they wanted to do, and how to do it. And the process didn't involve schooling, which was for them a waste of time, when they can be earning what they're earning doing what they do best. I don't think that your tendency to judge people based on their academic laurels is correct. If you take a survey of the richest people in the U.S., and eliminate heirs and pro-athletes, I think that you'll find a lot of 'poorly educated' people. A lot of people have very prestigious degrees and still end up not going very far in the world. Success depends on your personal talent, hard work, insight and initiative, and not how many graduate degrees you have obtained from Harvard(Though it would help immensely in procuring contacts and financing, and in establishing a reputation). P.S. About block trades. When Dell tops out, liquidity will be the heaviest. Even on "low" liquidity Dell trades 5 million shares/day easily. Unless I were an institutional heavyweight, which I obviously am not, I wouldn't have much of a problem. And even if I were a heavyweight, I wouldn't be moving in and out of a stock looking for quick gains either.

To: lin luo who wrote (1194)	7/16/1998 9:12:00 PM
From: lin luo	Respond to of 2578

--------OT---- a farmer, a son and a horse This is an old Chinese story. I may change a little because I forgot exactly how to say it. Almost every Chinese knows it, except the ones over here in the States. :-) A long time ago, there were a farmer, a son and a horse. They worked very hard in the field. One day, the horse ran away. All the neighbors came to see the farmer and said sorry to him. The farmer smiled and said to them: "how did you know?" A few days later, the horse came back, not only that, it came back with many horses. This time neighbors came to the farmer and said how lucky he was. He smiled and said the same: "how did you know?" In the next few days, the son was training those horses and broke his leg. The neighbors came and said how sorry they were. Again, the farmer relied: "how did you know?" Later, a war broke-out, all the young people in the village went to fight the war. The son stayed because of the broken leg. The neighbors came to the farmer and said how lucky he was. The farmer smiled and replied: #$%&*@)($?????? Hope you enjoy. Any comments? I see the same thing happening over and over again.