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To: Tech Master who wrote (7202)	8/17/1998 12:31:00 PM
From: stox19	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10786

TechMaster, This is the type of news I have been waiting for. I hear you got a new recruit on the yahoo thread. How long you think he or she will stay on the long side? GO ALYD GO

To: Tech Master who wrote (7202)	8/17/1998 12:36:00 PM
From: CharlieBoy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10786

TechMaster Do you think Bob is getting the best PR advice available. I mean you check the threads and you see: 1-Feb-98 GRUDER ROBERT F Sold (S) 100,000 Common 18.00 $1,800,000 So Bob made a nice profit and there is nothing wrong with that. But to announce via the company PR that you are personally going to buy back shares at half the price you sold for with no perceived benefit to the other shareholders or the company, might be viewed as a tad naive? I mean do it by all means but it is not sort of deal the company PR should be shouting about. IMveryHO. CharlieBoy PS If it goes any lower I'm going to have to get back in - forget the kitchen extension.

To: Tech Master who wrote (7202)	8/17/1998 3:03:00 PM
From: DD™	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10786

Taken from Briefing.com.. 14:35 ET ****** ALYDAAR (ALYD) 9 3/16 -1/4 Along with filing the 10-Q today (earnings were announced earlier), Alydaar CEO Robert Gruder issued a press release stating his intention to buy some stock in his own company. Alydaar stock has been beaten down sharply over the past year, from $24 last September when Briefing first wrote about it. Gruder states that "the marketplace perceives Alydaar as a Year 2000 company," as if that is somehow erroneous. Since Alydaar does not derive one nickel of revenue from any other source, currently, the market has no other choice. There is, of course, no guarantee that the market will like Alydaar's post-2000 strategy, whatever it is. Data Dimensions (DDIM) has concrete evidence of its post-2000 plans, having completed its acquisition of ST Labs, a software testing concern. But DDIM's stock hasn't exactly taken off, although it is off its lows. Gruder may have plans, but they haven't been revealed yet. With Alydaar so far, its been a story of selling among Alydaar insiders, with not one purchase since becoming an SEC filing company late last year. Since then, Gruder has sold $1.8 million worth of his shares. But, prior to that, Gruder was quoted in the Charlotte, NC, local newspaper as having sold over $1 million in shares in August of 1997. He still holds over 7 million shares for a net worth of $65 million. So, it will be very interesting to see exactly how many shares he buys back. The SEC required filing, a Form 144, hasn't been made yet, so we can't tell what kind of comittment Gruder is willing to make. If he makes a move like Steve Ballmer did back in March 1989, when he bought $49 million worth of Microsoft stock by margining his existing holdings (at that time) of $150 million, we'll be suitably impressed. Until then, the press release should be ignored, as it appears it is. Alydaar has only had four up days in the last twenty, and has fallen from 16 5/16 on 7/20 to 9 3/16 today. briefing.com DD