Date:    03/21/2000  2:06 PM

Subject: "Proposed Regulation FD" 

This proposal levels the playing field for the greatest number of investors. 
It is an obvious conflict of interest for analysts to be essentially bribed 
to give favorable press on companies that give them their little information 
kickback. This rule, of course, would have a negative impact on analysts; 
But then, the selective disclosure system turns analysts, who are ostensibly 
there to provide unbiased information, into a drain on the market as slanted 
information makes its way to the average investor.  Similarly, a tick is a 
drain on the family dog, and no one feels any remorse for adversely 
affecting ticks. So lets pluck the ticks and let them try to find something 
useful to do.
     
Mark Owens
Computer programmer
The Motley Fool