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To: taxman who wrote (22725)	5/14/1999 10:06:00 PM
From: Maverick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

AtHome teams with Microsoft to accelerate growth REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 13 (Reuters) - AtHome Corp Thursday said its new AtHome Solutions division has teamed with Microsoft Corp. to help speed the introduction of its high-speed Internet services into small markets. It said the companies would incorporate Microsoft's operating system into AtHome's network and also provide support to help market AtHome's service. "This is an exciting step that will further accelerate the wide-scale availability of broadband services for both consumers and businesses," said Thomas Kroll, vice president of the Network Solutions Group at Microsoft. AtHome formed AtHome Solutions earlier this year to help it reach homes that were served by small and mid-sized cable operators. AtHome, which delivers high-speed Internet access over cable lines, estimates about 15 million U.S. homes are served by small, local cable operators. The company already has partnerships with 21 major cable service providers, and plans to pursue similar relationships with some of the smaller players.

To: taxman who wrote (22725)	5/15/1999 4:13:00 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

i play options and use the reverse--i lose most of the time but hope that my winners more than make up for all the losses. so far, that has been the case That is what used to happen to me when i traded options (calls)regularly. I would wait and wait before selling trying for bigger and bigger gains on cheap options. After that I would buy stocks--and the stocks would go down. Sell the stocks for in the money calls---if they went down--sell and buy in the way out of the money calls. In a bull market, you could make a fortune this way. I would lose more times but the ones I won were incredible. It was like buying on the dips. My recent stock trading has been so-so. Win some and lose a little more with no real stress on me. That is what i like about stock trading. I finally went fully invested on Friday--had been staying with at least 30% cash. Not much room for trading anymore. I had a little bit in options -Dell, AT&T, Media one and some leaps on MSFT-----all in the money. I have not bought out of the money calls for a while as the opportunities for out of the money call options are not present in the market IMHO. MSFT below 75 might be the first opportunity in a few months.