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To: GraceZ who wrote (6742)	3/24/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

I would like to point out that RR is very much like ATHM. Both are shell corporations which represent the interests of the real parties. It has been the decision of the powers behind RR to keep it private so that the opportunity for hostile takeover was muted. It is absolutely inconsequential that RR has no CEO. The company is a puppet, so what is the difference whether they have another puppet on board? You also don't know how much animosity exists between the cable partners. The ATHM IPO almost was cancelled because there wasn't agreement on the terms of exit which now are so significant. The animosity has arisen because the American people demanded government protection from presumably profiteering cable companies. The outcome was protected fiefdoms where each MSO evolved independently of the others so that there never was the competitive element so critical to ensure technological parity. You have substantially different companies now thrown under one roof with substantially different requirements. Competitors must be independent and under broadband there is no fiefdom protection, so the bottom line is that the other partners should bail too. They will probably be bought, so I am giving all of you another idea of investment speculation.