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To: ztect who wrote (3298)	1/13/1999 8:26:00 PM
From: WTSherman	Respond to of 5102

<btw- good luck to anyone who gets MKTW shares on the openning day....if you try to get MKTW shares be very very careful with your orders....plus don't get caught up in the chase.> Z, this is a joke, right? People who have bought DBCC *ARE* already caught up in the chase. You're scenario is so unlikely that it just doesn't justify holding DBCC in the vain hope that it will occur. Also, your repeated contention that MKTW's bottom line contribution will be meaningful to DBCC grossly overestimates what this can contribute and assumes that the market is stupid(on top of being incredibly greedy). If DBCC is valued on its ownership in MKTW then the value of that ownership is not going to be counted twice in valuing the shares(value of the MKTW shares and the contribution to earnings in a consolidated statement). MKTW may be a huge success, but, its chances of justifying the current price of DBCC are very, very low. Plain fact is this dog don't hunt...

To: ztect who wrote (3298)	1/14/1999 11:48:00 AM
From: Mr_X	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

Many good points, and I agree that Marketwatch will soon trade for over $100. Look at your analysis carefully - if you include in DBCC's value the Marketwatch stock price multiplied by the 4.5 million shares they will own, it would be double counting to include in DBCC's financial statement s any impact from marketwatch - can't have it both ways - they either get the financial impact of their 38% ownership or the value of the stock - not both. And the remaining assets of DBCC are turds. Quotrek basically doesn't work - I used to have one. It sucks. Signal is nothing special either.