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To: CBurnett who wrote (11533)	3/14/1999 1:55:00 PM
From: donkeyman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37507

This new feature now introduced into purchasing products in Internet E-Commerce is absolutely fantastic and should boost the whole E-Commerce industry. In the TV advertisement it shows a lady and her son picking out a shirt. Once they decided upon the kids shirt they clicked on a small picture of one of the operators (one of a 100 I would say, 1-800-no-charge, I would say)and all of a sudden there's instant communication both talking back and forth concerning the shirt that was about to be purchased. How does that work? Do you need special software to achieve that????--That should drive up Internet E-Commerce sales big time in 1999.!!!

To: CBurnett who wrote (11533)	3/14/1999 2:38:00 PM
From: Boolish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37507

I too have never been one to listen to analysts. Although they can effect the price of the stock they have never changed my opinion of the company. Here are a few interesting points from the book, "The Millionaire Next Door." This book talks about the buying habits and investment strategies of millionaires. "Nearly all (95 percent) of millionaires we surveyed owned stocks; most have 20 percent of their wealth in publicly traded companies. Yet you would be wrong to assume these millionares actively trade their stocks. In fact 42 percent of millionaires we interviewed for our latest survey had made no trades whatsoever in their stock portfolios in the year prior to the interview. Often active investors spend more time trading than studying and planning their investments. Conversely, millionaires spend more time studying far fewer offerings. We have also been interested in studying the wealth accumulation habits of stock brokers. Compared with the members of other industries, stock brokers earn high incomes. They pay less for commissions and have access to large amounts of research data. Are all brokers wealthy? Perhaps one individual stock broker stated it best when he told us: I'd be rich if I would just keep....[my stocks, but I] can't help but make trades in my own portfolio. I'm looking at the screen every day." My point is that analysts often times have their own objectives to fulfill. They are trying to generate commissions....or perhaps buy into a stock at a lower price. This company has met all of the goals it has told the owners (you and I) it would meet. By worrying about the nickels, dimes, and quarters we are only enabling others to get in at lower prices....and increasing the revenue of our brokers. Let Nasdaq come and the rest will fall into place.

To: CBurnett who wrote (11533)	3/14/1999 8:09:00 PM
From: GoNorth	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37507

CBurnett, when you talk about growth how is it you explain the poor quarter over quarter sales performance. While it is clear the company has demonstrated an ability to increase burn rate I don't see where they have demonstrated the type of growth that this type of company needs to remain top of mind in the marketplace. Based on their recent report I see where sales quarter over quarter have been flat and the losses have increased. Am I missing something here? >>As far as earnings and profits go,the company shows growth and ability to realize expansion.