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To: Carl R. who wrote (301)	1/18/1999 12:43:00 PM
From: Larry Brubaker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2383

The new site is much improved and compares favorably to the best e commerce sites now, IMO. They also seem to want to broaden their focus from information technology professionals (geeks) to a more diverse customer base. Did anybody notice they are selling computer hardware now? I don't recall seeing this on the old site, nor do I recall reading about hardware sales in any of their filings. This would seem to be a major change in strategic direction for the company. Zeev, any comments about how this change could impact margins?

To: Carl R. who wrote (301)	1/18/1999 3:28:00 PM
From: Crossy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2383

<OT> Carl, first of all thanks for mentioning ATGuard by the excellent software manunfacturer WRQ. In fact they are a well-known TCP/IP powerhouse since the days their Reflection TCP-Suite was one of the few bridges between the DOS/Windows and the Unix world. You mention something interesting in your post. 9 graphics blocked (guess it's ads), 21 cookies declined and (now here my interest started:) 20 REFERRAL REQUESTS declined. Do you happen to know what a "Referral Request" is ?? If so, pls. tell me - would interest me very much. TIA, CROSSY