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To: John Howell who wrote (25731)	12/22/1998 12:34:00 PM
From: Rick Bullotta	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

<<TAVA management engaged in a campaign of Y2K fix promotion designed to boost the stock >> I both agree and disagree. TAVA management was smart enough to use Y2K as a lever to get in the door of accounts who otherwise wouldn't have given them the time of day, and undoubtedly, this will strengthen TAVA's long term position in its core business. It also has a nice short term cash generation effect, which can be used to fuel acquisitions or other tactical/strategic moves associated with the core business. If there was any Y2K hype going on, it surely wasn't from TAVA management. It was largely from some of the pie-eyed zealots that frequent this forum. If TAVA management engaged in a campaign to leverage Y2K to boost the stock price, how could that possibly be a bad thing? TAVA mgmt's mistake was not clearly communicating their post-Y2K strategy early on (and the role Y2K played in it), not properly positioning the company, and not roping in the hypesters before things became unmanageable. I, for one, think the Y2K hype factor is behind us, and realistic expectations have been set moving forward. Now it is up to TAVA management to execute, execute, execute. Buy some at 5 3/4. You'll be glad you did. ;>

To: John Howell who wrote (25731)	12/22/1998 2:16:00 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 31646

Dear John: You say TAVA's core business if now fairly valued. I have owned this stock since 7/97 or earlier and I DO NOT know what their core business is now. DO YOU?? The future will only remotely resemble the past and they are getting into areas never dreamed of in 1997 so I fail to see how you can make that comment. JDN

To: John Howell who wrote (25731)	12/22/1998 4:15:00 PM
From: PaddyD	Respond to of 31646

<<However, several shorts on this thread have pointed out the legitimate technical and fundamental weaknesses of TAVA >> These shorts didn't merely "point out". They went relentlessly on attack over and over again, making this thread into a communications nightmare. There is a HUGH difference. We have seen this on many other threads. They are not just dissagreeing with a point of view, but contriving to drive the stock price down. That being said, I am not sure if anything should be done to prevent it. Freedom of speech is precious.