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To: rudedog who wrote (126737)	5/19/1999 7:57:00 PM
From: Paul Merriwether	Respond to of 176387

<< They provide insulation from current events to employees who did a good job many years ago >> rudie some of those employees have left well paying, secure and "easy" jobs to take on the risky and challenging venture fo a startup/newer company. what would incentivise them to do that? i agree that the dilution is not in the best interest of the investors, but investors should evaluate a company keeping in mind its option committments (investors beware!). In a lot of cases(not Dell), the startup/growing companies can not even afford to pay a cash bonus or whatever, to retain the talent. therefore they give out the options. if they go overboard, it would cause massive dilution and the marketplace should punish them for it. if it does not, as in the case of some of the internuts, the investors will ulitmately get shortchanged(amazingly it does not seem like a foregone conclusion in the case of say amzn!). complaining about eso dilution is a bit silly(imho) since there are no surprises...