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Luke and I had a long talk before DDE delisted, and I was then and remain convinced that WSE will reopen with a new platform and lots of potential. My reasons for delisting were my own, but it was definitely something that could have gone either way at the time.

It's annoying that the exchange has been closed for so long - I still have a significant sized account in there, money that has essentially been sitting useless for all that time - but there's no point in raging against the machine.

At any rate, Sarah, best of luck with it - I hope that the WSE continues to be the right place for SNE to do business. As I have often said - any issues I have had with that exchange certainly have had nothing to do with the people running businesses there - you are a testament to staying power and success in SL by any measure.

There have been quite a few times during my stay on the WSE and afterward when I wanted to do nothing more than blast it and its owner - to speak out about the things that I thought were wrong with the whole scene. A few times I guess I did. But I realized that, while I was on WSE, it was self-destructive, and since I have left it, it would be A) probably a waste of time, and B) if not a waste of time, then potentially damaging to the companies that still remain. I count a number of the CEO's that have companies there as friends, and I don't really want to be pissing on them in order to make myself feel better.

I am not really a fan of WSE any more, for a lot of reasons. But I can tell you that going it alone it significantly more work and is very limiting in terms of flexibility with shareholders. And I am not sure that any of the other exchanges offer more than what WSE will be offering. I certainly wouldn't try to convince you to change your mind - the business you are in is somewhat protected from anything that happens, since all of the property and assets are held outside the exchange, which gives you a lot of security - unlike some of the other market funds and financial companies.

So yeah - rock on and good luck.

dd