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To: Platter who wrote (37064)	2/8/1999 3:13:00 PM
From: paul feldman	Respond to of 95453

The sector just seems to rotate day to day between the hot company of the day. No gain is substantial or lasting.

To: Platter who wrote (37064)	2/8/1999 4:00:00 PM
From: Douglas V. Fant	Respond to of 95453

Platter, Lest everyone forgets RON has good free cash flow and also has committed to buying back a real 20% of its stock float. And I say "real" because RON specifically stated that any shares which are purchased and used for executive/employee stock options will not be counted against that 20% total. I'm impressed. I think that that's the first time I've heard any company ever make a public statement like that. Do you know of any others? It always cranks me when a company announces a "stock buyback" and is only really recycling shares into its option plans to be redistributed....