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To: R.S. Blum who wrote (1264)	9/23/1998 11:15:00 AM
From: Lewis Edinburg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5102

I go on record stating $750K to $1MM You guys are having so much fun debating the amount of the acquisition that I'll let you continue. It provides comic relief to the rest of us. (By the way, I think your figures are wrong). In any event, I notice you used a combination of the "engineering" type notation (i.e. $750K) and the "other" type (i.e. $1MM). I am familiar with K's and M's and what they denote in engineering/scientific terms. Can you tell me what exactly M stands for in the notation where M=1,000 and MM=1,000,000?

To: R.S. Blum who wrote (1264)	9/23/1998 12:31:00 PM
From: shane forbes	Respond to of 5102

Blum blum blum, I am so disappointed, shattered, b(l)ummed even, major blummed blummed blummed and blummed - what a blummer. One you say that the value to Inprise of the Starfish assets will be $750,000 to $1,000,000 with an absolute tops of $2,000,000 Two you say that I am "indeed a nut" Three my comments are "demented" Four I have "no clue as to the synergy of the deal"... ---- O well and I thought we were getting along just fine... Another opportunity missed <ggg> WELL I guess I will just have to extricate myself from your blasphemy by taking you up on your wager! What do you want to bet for? Your throwing down of the guantlet to me: Care to make a wager who's closer? Are you claiming $30MM+ ? Here's my guess for the wager: $2.1 million What do I win GrandPa? What do I win? Come on GrandPa! <ggg> ---- Here's my guess as to the value of the Starfish assets to Inprise: 2,889,388 * (3.50 + .06 * 50) = $18,781,022 give or take a few hundred thousand to Mr. Inprise - we can buy an awful lot of Inprise stock with that GrandPa huh can we can we - maybe together with Mr. Inprise's cash flow we can buy maybe ... 4.9 million more shares... yes... great! Let's do it! ---- And here we go buying our stock back, buying our stock back -- come on everybody - sing with me! -- Here we go buying our stock back Buying our stock back buying our stock back... And up goes the stock price Up up and away in that red and black balloon up up and away in that red and black balloon... up up and away... first 5 then 6 then 5 then 6 then 6 then 7 then 7 then 8 then 9 then 10 then 10 then 9 then 10 then 10 then 9 then 8 then 10 then 11 then 12 -- come on body shapers come on body shapers --- harder push harder push now push come on push then 12 then 11 then 14 then 17 then 20 then 18 then 20 then 22 then 24 then 26 then 26 then 27 then 28 then 28 then 28 then 25 then 22 then 22 then 22 then 22 then 24 then 28 then 30 then 32 then 32 then 34 then 35 then 37... aahhh.. I am so satisfied... you were so good... so very very good.. where is that cigar... puff o yeah ... the best... the absolute best... puff puff puff ---- Shane (mid 30's in 2001)