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Technology Stocks : VALENCE TECHNOLOGY (VLNC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: HQ who wrote (6999)	1/11/1999 11:59:00 PM
From: MGV	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27311

A ridiculous statement. What do you suppose that would accomplish? No doubt they are happy that official news of contracts will inherently be delayed until after the fact.

To: HQ who wrote (6999)	1/12/1999 1:46:00 AM
From: Larry Brubaker	Respond to of 27311

<<Nooooo, it'll probably be argued that that's just foolish VLNC buying all that equipment, hiring all those people, and making batteries no one wants.>> Actually, Hellqat, one of the "naysayers" arguments was that the financial statements have not yet telegraphed exactly what Lev hinted they will when the big event is close. Such as an increase in burn rate or a buildup in inventory. When and if that happens (possibly as soon as a month when the next quarterly report should appear), I will certainly acknowledge an increase in the as yet nonexistent inventory would certainly suggest they are creating that inventory for a purpose other than spending money. An increase in burn rate without an increase in inventory would be less convincing. What is it with you guys? We argue that the financial statements do not confirm production is imminent, and that the financial situation is shaky and you guys say ignore these attorney disclaimer-ridden, dated documents. Lev says look to these very same documents for the very same hints we suggested you should be looking for and you say we will ignore our very own advice? All I'm looking for is something in the official company communications, that provides some confirmation that FMK's sources have a clue about what they are talking about for a change. Lev now says he won't tell us outright, we have to look for hints. So far those hints are not there. Maybe they will be soon.

To: HQ who wrote (6999)	1/12/1999 6:53:00 PM
From: add	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27311

I don't think I'm a doomsayer by any means or a number of others on this thread, but the last 5 years of history of this company makes many people skeptical of a contract. So we are not doomsayers nor are we saying it recently as your quote implies: Until recently, the mantra of the doomsayers has been, "No contract announcement, no reason for optimism; customers must not like the product, nobody's buying it." A number of serious technical issues had to be solved and there is no proof yet that anyone has solved them. I would love to see a huge run up in expenditure in the next filing since it would indicate Valence going out of research into production. It seems extremely unlikely that that would be done unless there was a high chance of an actual contract.