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Technology Stocks : IATV-ACTV Digital Convergence Software-HyperTV -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: art slott who wrote (4308)	5/28/1999 8:54:00 PM
From: Champolion	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13157

Listen, art, I don't care about what you believe, or... how you feel, OK? On Wednesday, it became clear IATV would never reach $12 a share. I did not think it would reach $12 5/8 either by the way. My target range was $12-13 as I mentioned since at least Monday. Now, I will post on this board again. Not to pump IATV; IATV does not need to be pumped. But to try to control your excessive optimism. I posted a number of valid concerns. You decided to pick my bad points, and you discarded the rest. That's your choice. I'm ready to repeat a few of the valid points: - WorldGate as a potential competitors: After all they registered a nice bunch of patents - Dangerous executive compensation - The fact that HyperTV is based on the Java TV API might me a low barrier to entry for ACTV's competitors (because the Java TV API is only 6-month old) - Microsoft's deal with AT&T will definitely have a certain influence on the ACTV/AT&T relationship, not necessarily a good one - The fact that ACTV is almost never associated with AT&T, Fox, or Liberty in their press releases, which prevents the perception of a full endorsement Now, some very recent news have changed quite a few things...Janus... Steve Ballmer's comments...Fox... Between $12 and $13, IATV was fairly priced. Since then, some anticipated appreciation occurred. I don't say it's bad. I don't say it's good. In fact, it sounds good to me since I bought at $12 3/4. :-) Brief, art, I have come to the conclusion I cannot accept to be chased out of this thread because I expressed a negative opinion. So, I guess you will have to leave with my evil nature, dear art. __________ Champolion