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To: Mark Bracey who wrote (657)	7/24/1998 9:29:00 PM
From: TTOSBT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

Re: "Del, you listening? Time to put your money where your mouth is." I agree. T. Boone Pickens from the late 70's corporate raider fame use to say anyone who is an officer of the company should own shares in that company. They should be willing to risk their own hard earned money it will give them a personal desire to improve their company's worth instead of just their own worth. He was outspoken against Lee Iococca I believe. Of course Lee Iococca IMO was saving Chrysler millions in advertising fees and probably deserved to be paid more than the average CEO at the time. TTOSBT

To: Mark Bracey who wrote (657)	7/24/1998 10:29:00 PM
From: Thomas Duttera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

Great idea. An extra $1M/Q would have added .017 to the bottom line this quarter. This would have made earnings 50% higher than they were. I agree that management needs a strong incentive to make share price higher. A $4M salary isn't much of an incentive. It is hard to imagine that he is paid 2.2% of revenue. That has to be a record.

To: Mark Bracey who wrote (657)	7/24/1998 10:35:00 PM
From: Mark Bracey	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 5102

I'm confident there are a lot of BORL/INPR employees who follow this thread. I am also confident they wonder why Del is getting the big bucks he is. In my opinion, he is simply a mouthpiece and not the visionary everyone makes him out to be. The plan was in place to go enterprise (Visigenic) long before he came about, and I doubt he has the technical and marketing skills to accumulate the data and put it into a plan for the future. IMO he simply knows the right accountants to make the balance sheet look good, but I doubt he is really in charge of the direction of the company.