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To: Rick who wrote (837)	5/3/1999 1:17:00 PM
From: Vegas Kate	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1188

USWB green on intraday Telechart 2000 for the first time in ages. Maybe the bottom's in sight soon. Wish I'd waited and sold the May 20 put rather than the 30!

To: Rick who wrote (837)	5/3/1999 9:15:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1188

Rick, there is one competitive advantage I believe you're missing. Web database development is getting more and more complex all the time. Firing some of the best HTML designers in the world and going with another organization would be a HUGE risk if you were a company that depended on income from your web-site. Pissing off some of the best talent in the internet realm could be a disastrous mistake. That's one of the reasons you see USWB deciding to buy out other smaller companies, instead of trying to lure away their contracts. I'm not sure of the statistics but I believe contractual switching is very low in this industry. The more contracts USWB lines up, the more they will ensure a steady stream of maintenance and redesign for years. Michael