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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RealMuLan who wrote (44236)	1/21/1999 9:36:00 PM
From: gbh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

But let's keep these sales in perspective. Best I can calculate, from Yahoo, Mr. Dell sold 12.841 million shares since 9/24/98. According to Thomson Research, Mr. Dell held 192.621 million shares on 9/24/98. So, Mr. Dell sold 6.6% of his holdings, not counting any options they may have vested in the mean time, and added to his holdings. Thats like you and me selling 66 shares of a 1000 share holding. And he still owns about 14% of the company. These sales, IMO, are not significant. Another interesting tidbit, Mr. Gates, as of 8/20/98, held 515.8 million shares of MSFT. So, after the next split, Mr. Bill will own over 1 billion shares.