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To: Snowshoe who wrote (3433)	7/20/1998 9:26:00 AM
From: Goodboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

I feel like my question on how Wind could retain talent from a talent predator like Microsoft ignited this second major option debate. My take on everything posted is pretty simple. If all the people on this thread are right about the tech and innovative superiority of Wind, then handing over big chunks of the company to key and valuable employees (those that developed the technology and possess the innovative vision) should be welcomed by shareholders as the better of two evils (dillution vs loss of key talent and eventually market leadership). After all, if a key group of talent left Wind and joined MSFT with a wildly rich compensation package of perks, cash and above all, options, it would get harder to say that Microsoft will never be a player or rival wind in the embedded market. If the embedded market is as important and as massive in the future as most of this thread believes, then the stakes are very high for Microsoft to play a role (or steal it or buy it). I feel far more comfortable that the company is dilluting my interest as a shareholder today, then allowing the talent to be dilluted that will keep this company on top tommorow. IMHO