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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (57635)5/21/1999 9:09:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
All that is fine. So far it has cost under 500 million to implement the plan. Why value
them at 20, 30, or 40 billion for a 0.5 billion expense ?


Sarmad,

How come you are not using the value of the stock used for acquisitions as part of the cost?

Glenn



To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (57635)5/21/1999 10:35:00 AM
From: Bill Harmond  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 164684
 
>>As I understand the plan, amzn would capture a dominant position, at a cost of billions in losses.

That is exactly what AOL spent.