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To: Matt Kaarlela who wrote (91490)	1/26/1999 4:56:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Respond to of 176387

Etrade has them now, you have to be approved. Etrade did one with EBAY. You have to be a power user. If you want to get more then 1K shares you will have to be high net worth investor that invests with a full service broker. Greg

To: Matt Kaarlela who wrote (91490)	1/26/1999 4:57:00 PM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Matt, if you want to get in early, you should do two things. First, buy some Compaq (I dread the thought, personally), and this will guarantee you some of the spin-off. I would wait until the details of the deal come out to make sure that I didn't end up owning an insignificant number of Alta Vista shares doing it that way. Second, the day that it opens for trade, place a market order (no limits) at the open. This is risky, but if the stock does what it ought to do (assuming that the IPO price isn't too high), you should be able to flip it the same day (or in the days after) for a nice profit. THIS IS RISKY, but it may work well. I'm staying away. Regards, LONGonDELL

To: Matt Kaarlela who wrote (91490)	1/26/1999 5:08:00 PM
From: freeus	Respond to of 176387

Sometimes Fidelity does IPO's. Its too bad they arent doing that one (and you dont need a lot of money to buy their ipo's either, but so far they havent done any I'm interested in.) Its hard to say: Maybe your best bet is to watch the ipo when it happens, immediately decide on a price you are willing to pay (or go market if you dont mind the risk) and just sit there and put in the order. It is a dangerous game the first day but I have known a couple of people profit by doing this anyway. Freeus