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To: Dinesh who wrote (12143)	10/22/1998 8:24:00 AM
From: Mark Duper	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

Thanks for your input, Dinesh and Charlie. I needed to vent last night. I just get frustrated when a company is winning new contracts and beating the expectations of the street, but not growing their share price. Does anyone know if their executives have incentive plans which are stock or option based? Sup.

To: Dinesh who wrote (12143)	10/22/1998 12:48:00 PM
From: Jeff Meredith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

Dinesh writes: All the company has done is turned to black which is fine but there are a ton of companies that are in black and their stocks just mark the time. This company is doing more than marking time now. 20+ percent growth y/y has to qualify as a forward march. Assume that Informix has a Q4 performance that is exactly the same as their Q3 (i.e. ignore the fact that Q4 is usually always better than Q3). This gives them .27 per share for the year. At a stock price of 5 that is PE of 18. My feeling is that the price has to move eventually. 18 is a chip maker PE not a software company's. Jeff