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To: High-Tech East who wrote (20790)	10/6/1999 10:29:00 AM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

to be followed by an announcement of 35.0% increase in EPS (over Q1FY1999), with sales increasing 23.5% for the same period ... Ken, I think there are exactly two predictable things on this thread every quarter: 1) You predict a major upside earnings surprise 2) SUNW reports earnings one or two cents above street estimates Both of those things have happened every quarter for as long as I can remember. If you don't like bullcrap on the thread, don't contribute to it. I'd love to be wrong, but a 35% earnings increase reported when consensus in the 20's is about as likely as an alien landing on the white house lawn. Regards, --QwikSand

To: High-Tech East who wrote (20790)	10/6/1999 10:32:00 AM
From: Lynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

SUNW news? You actually want some news, Ken? Well, here's something copied from the EMC thread: [quote begin] Section: 03. Financial News Merrill Lynch & Co analysts expect EMC, Sun Microsystems, Lexmark International and possibly Network Appliances and Unisys to show better than expected earnings in the third quarter reporting season which begins this week. In Merrill's view, internet infrastructure and information appliance server stocks are good investments. "The infrastructure is converging while the devices diverge, so profits are moving above and below the PC." IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Xerox should meet expectations, but its feeling is that all three are "revenue challenged" and that they are going to find it difficult to keep growth levels high compared with competitors. The brokerage wonders how many vendors are going to be tempted to blame any guidance they give on potential under-performance on Y2K issues or the earthquake in Taiwan, and how many that do will be telling the truth. HP has already said that Taiwan will negatively impact its quarter. [quote end] Message 11458739 >SUNW then opens on October 15 at 117. > fantasy wishing, I know ........... Ken, if people, this time last year, had said SUNW would open above 75 on October 6, 1999 it would have been deemed fantasy wishing. Look where we are. Personally, I'm hoping we touch 100 today :) Lynn