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To: Parker Benchley who wrote (13037)	12/23/1998 8:06:00 AM
From: Rob Taylor	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 19331

George, A couple of thoughts here. 1) Should there be an offer to acquire DCI, you will have more than enough time to send in your shares and sell regardless of the policy your broker may have. If you've ever owned or watched a stock that has an offer, you know that the price usually jumps up near, but somewhat below the offer price. To use an example of DCI, if $10/share were offered, the price would probably jump into the low $9's and walk toward the offer price as the deal became more of a sure thing. Remember, the share holders will have to vote to approve the merger/takeover/buyout just like the Wavetech process. It won't happen overnight and you'll have plenty of time to send in you certs. 2) By continuing to ask for your DCI certificates, you not only take them out of the "pool" for shorting, but you make those firms who have loaned shares out in the past, much less likely to loan out any additional shares for fear of having them called. No one likes to tell their boss, they can't comply with the legitimate requests of their clients. I suggest you do what Toni did and go up the food chain at your broker. Start with the office manager and complain about their service. In these days of internet communication, the word can get out pretty fast on how a company treats you. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed telling that firm that recommended CCEE as a buy, to "pound sand" (Navy term) a couple of months ago. There is nothing bad that can happen from calling in your certificates that I can think of right now. Enjoy. Rob

To: Parker Benchley who wrote (13037)	12/23/1998 2:41:00 PM
From: Parker Benchley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19331

All, In the light and spirit of this good season I'd like to make a suggestion regarding the occasional remarks written here regarding Michael Zwebner. A few posts here regarding Michael (IMO) have been personally cruel. This kind of thing always saddens me. Although we may not agree with what we perceive as his tactics, to take that low road is no tribute to any of us here and has been hurtful enough to Michael Zwebner to make him react in a public manner. None of us really know him personally and to focus on anything other than our civil business opinion is deleterious to ourselves as business people and humans on this short journey of life. We can disagree, but let's keep it elevated. None of us on the outside will ever know the intimate details of what happened between Michael Zwebner and DCI. It's so easy to make judgements and post a quick comment on these threads without taking to heart there's another person on the other end who has troubles and feelings just like we all do. I'd like to respectfully suggest we all take at least five minutes to think about that before we hit the send button on a caustic post. Perhaps envisioning yourself or a loved one as the receiver may soften your decision to do so. I believe in my heart that intelligently executed business plans tempered with compassion, kindness and forgiveness will find the light of success in spite of any adversarial situations that attempt to thwart such synergistic qualities. This is where our true strength finds home. I'm not intending to sound preachy and apologize if I do. It's just that with all the venomous personal destruction going on in the media right now I'm hoping our little cyber community can remain as wonderful as it is 99% of the time. Onward, wishing us all peace. George