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To: SecularBull who wrote (52043)	7/17/1998 10:31:00 PM
From: Pat Hughes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Now be nice. The old lady wants a piece of the action. <g>

To: SecularBull who wrote (52043)	7/18/1998 12:29:00 AM
From: Jack T. Pearson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

LoD, Re: shareholders buying one or two shares at a time. I understand your concern for brokerage efficiency, but I hope Dell figures a way to inexpensively let everyone buy a few shares at a time. I think millions of people would want to buy a few shares. It might even be more popular than the lottery. And, it could become a habit for all of those people. Probably wouldn't hurt the stock price either if enough people got in on it. Jack

To: SecularBull who wrote (52043)	7/18/1998 8:03:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 176387

You should have asked them ladies to join SI. Yes I did see the old ladies asking the questions,particularly of interest was the lady who asked the question about China,South America or 'third world' countries in general and her concern as to how could all them poor people afford to buy PCs. You should have asked the lady to join SI to get the answers.<g> As for the other lady who wanted to know about the direct share purchase program,I say the more the merrier. Say how come none of 'yous' asked any questions????

To: SecularBull who wrote (52043)	7/18/1998 10:20:00 AM
From: powershred	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

RE: old lady wants some action. I didn't expect a comment like that from a classy poster like you! We don't want to sound like lucret who tauntus... do we?

To: SecularBull who wrote (52043)	7/19/1998 12:20:00 PM
From: jbn3	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 176387

Meeting Q&A LONGonDELL, First, I agree, that valuable time was wasted at the meeting answering questions that probably should not have been presented. However, that is taken very narrowly from our perspective on the learning curve--I think that you'd agree that most of us here on SI are MUCH better informed about DELL, and the market in general, than the average investor. But I strongly believe that each of us needs to bear in mind that at some point we also stood on the curve at the same point where that lady is now, and it behooves us to show forbearance, tolerance, understanding, and help. For example, when I first joined SI, I asked some very foolish questions, one of which I discovered had been reposted on at least five different threads with various comments, the general tone of which was "How stupid do they make rocks?" As a result, I very nearly quit the thread completely. Luckily, I decided to stay and have managed to learn a little. If we wish to belittle someone, the finger should be pointing at us!! We DO know the questions that should have been asked, but WE didn't ask them. --Neither you, nor I, nor any of us asked a single question. I had asked this thread for a slate of questions for the meeting, but didn't follow up. We are the culpable ones. We should have been lined up at those mikes. That little old lady was wiser than we, because she was trying to learn. IMO, the only major failing of our little get-together was that we did not utilize the opportunity to directly ask management pertinent questions. And you say, As a shareholder, I don't want my company supporting that type of inefficient brokerage program for people who can't afford to own any real quantity of shares. Get real! Perhaps it has escaped you that one of the fundamental strengths of this company is that both DELL and its management are sincerely concerned about and interested in the small shareholder, the one who can't own "any real quantity of shares". These are the people who believe in the company on a very basic level, the ones who buy 2, 5, or 10 shares at a time, because that is all they can afford. Some of us are fortunate enough to have discovered DELL and invested in it some time ago. Partially as a result, some of us know a lot about DELL and the market. We weren't born that way. I try very hard not to be arrogant about it. It is an ugly character trait. FWIW, 3.