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Technology Stocks : Novell (NOVL) dirt cheap, good buy? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mark Allen who wrote (25779)	3/4/1999 11:12:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Respond to of 42771

When you look at HP and HP Instruments..... They seem to be dividing the company with the instrument part being valued at 7.5 billion. They plan to do an IPO and offer 15% of the stock in the new instrument company to the public in the Fall. Clearly they would have to use the money coming from the sale of this company to buy Novell. Trying to simultaneously spin-off, IPO, and acquire, and using the money from one to pay for the other looks a little too tricky to me. Maybe its all in a mornings breakfast meeting in Silicon valley.

To: Mark Allen who wrote (25779)	3/5/1999 1:16:00 AM
From: JAG2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

I found this on YAHOO Board RE: NOVL Meeting This was written on the Yahoo board by Phil from Salt Lake City, UT, Notice where he is from, Salt Lake, where NOVL has its headquarters. This guy probably does have friends at NOVL. His Post, word for word, reads: "Just spoke to a NOVL employee! HP rumor is HUGE by: PhilNevins (54/M/Salt lake City, UT) Mandatory meeting tomorrow for all NOVL employees! The HP rumor is spreading like wildfire through the company. This might be for real folks! GO NOVL!!!!!!! Friday after the close we shall all find out."