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To: Yogi - Paul who wrote (1674)	4/12/1999 11:25:00 PM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

Nice work on MidiSoft. Yes, there are so many sectors and sub sectors that it's impossible to keep up with them all. Somehow I keep missing the obvious choices. I wish I had invested in RealAudio instead of MidiSoft, but hindsight is a vicious critique. Going forward though it looks like Digital download of music will become commonplace. So far it seems like audio just hasn't clicked with the market. It seems like and natural development, but the streaming just doesn't work well enough over standard phone lines. Yes, maybe some things up with MidiSoft but I don't know what. Hope the mystery continues and I see a few more dollars. Warning. I had a bad experience this morning buying shares of MidiSoft. I entered in order when the ask was at 3 1/2, but it took over 20 minutes to fill and ended up filling at 4 3/16 which was the near high the day. I feel the market makers screwed me big-time. So watch out for bad trades should you decide to buy. Regards, Mark PS I'm using Dragon's NaturallySpeaking to dictate again. Maybe a combination of a better keyboard and some dictation software would solve your problem.

To: Yogi - Paul who wrote (1674)	4/13/1999
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

Speaking in general, it seems to me that the future is clearly going to have a lot of new devices that will be online and either controlling functions or providing information. These devices will either be mobile or fixed. Whether or not there is a problem with PC vendors or some specific problems that Compaq has yet to be seen, but it seems to me we are going to see a redirection of interest into new areas. The advances we've seen with companies like Qualcomm and Nokia suggest something. I'm not sure what is the best investment, but it seems that something must be added to my portfolio to take advantage of this great new market. Any suggestions? Regards, Mark PS While I continued to hold my General Magic shares and don't necessarily see them as a good investment this time, I have seen them make an interesting announcement this afternoon. They've been involved with leading-edge development of mobile agent technology. At some point I hope they can make money with it. Perhaps today's announcement will lead to something. Here is a link to the General Magic WebSite. The CEO writes updates on the announcements and what they could possibly mean. I find it in unusual thing for CEO to do. genmagic.com Here's the press release. biz.yahoo.com