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Technology Stocks : Winstar Comm. (WCII) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steven Bowen who wrote (8112)	9/2/1998 7:03:00 PM
From: Pamela Murray	Respond to of 12468

Steve, Shoulda, woulda, coulda...my new nickname :-). I put in a buy order at 16, darn if it didn't fill. It's sort of a good news, bad news thing. In a strange way, I'm breathing a little easier today. I've gone back and re-read a lot of info I have on Winstar. I think that the convictions we ALL share pretty much paralyzed us. It's because the company is executing (hopefully they catch up on any lag time) and the technology is great that we are such disciples. I apologize to SW for being one that faulted you for the naysaying. You were a damn genius! I'd like to say that next time I'd listen....but, well, you never know. Pam

To: Steven Bowen who wrote (8112)	9/2/1998 7:03:00 PM
From: Jason Cogan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12468

Steve: I'll take your most recent post as an implicit apology for doubting me. As for now, I'd wait for a bit more of a technical rally, and then unload my Winstar shares. If you still like the story, there will be plenty of time to get back in at lower levels. Regards, JC

To: Steven Bowen who wrote (8112)	9/2/1998 9:08:00 PM
From: Alejandro	Respond to of 12468

Steve: I'm going thru these posts and seems like I need to say something to each which is not normal for me. In response to your SHOULD haves etc. I think we should have known the market itself was topsy because of the surge of IPOs and then the withdrawal of same. Frothy action. There was no compelling reason to suspect a weakness in WCII itself if the market was stable. Yes, we have the negative earnings, etc . but growth stocks have that feature. WCII was, and is going along as planned ----almost. I don't like the spending for anything other than switches etc. I'm still pissed about the ARTT deal and I hope we get the rest of it for the $2.75 I mentioned to SW. BY THE WAY GUYS----THE $2.75 IS ME . Not real. Now Steve what did we do wrong ? I did it twice !! From 32 down and again from 48. I will now have a liberal mental stop loss. WCII is what we thought. I just asked Jason if he believes in what WCII is doing. Curious to see his answer. Finally, old buddy, we SHOULD have known that WCII would get battered in a downturn. I'm not smart enough to see it totally, but I am smart enough to watch it closer. As far as the tax loss affect etc, it will depend how visible WCII is and how many people still think rain will affect wireless. On the cheerleading. We really don't have anybody here who says nothing and ends it with GO WINNY !! We got a good bunch here now. I like a contra. Want to see what Jason says. Hell, I mentioned that twice. Easy Jason. Ali

To: Steven Bowen who wrote (8112)	9/2/1998 9:22:00 PM
From: Louis savarese	Respond to of 12468

I guess you come back to the 64,000 question (dating myself) are you willing to be out of this stock if some big news breaks. Steve, I have ridden this roller coaster longer than most, and yes I have traded small portions of my shares trying to be a prudent investor. But I have always been afraid to be out of this stock because it moves so fast. Bill Rouhana and his management has given me nothing but top notch performance every step of the way. I am convinced that WCII will be its own unique story regardless of what the market does. Best to All, Lou

To: Steven Bowen who wrote (8112)	9/3/1998 6:44:00 AM
From: limtex	Respond to of 12468

Dear Steve - You are one of the stalwarts of this thread, one of the pillars a veritable foundation of our confidence. Ther are not many people out there that could have or did predict that the market would drop like it did in August, or that we would have a 500 point drop, or that the NAZ would drop over 140 points in a single day or that Russia would collapse or that we would stop giving the Russians money to keep them quiet. I don't know how experienced in the market you are but before you blame yourself and all of us just think that George Soros lost $2bn over the last few weeks and he is not only supposed to br able to predict the market he is supposed to be able to inlfuence it. Ralph Accompura called it a bear market in early August and I'm sure there are others many who have simply always been bears since 3,000. You can not blame yourself. I am this first to admit that I panicked on Friday but that had nothing to do with WCII. WCII is going according to its plan and will be a great success. Thats not being too optimistic its just plain what is happening accross the country with the increase in customers and lines and equipment deployment. Regards, L