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To: DlphcOracl who wrote (18744)	1/15/2000 10:43:00 AM
From: Rande Is	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57584

With the countless variations on EBITDA, it is becoming impossible to accurately compare one companys earnings with another. Apples to oranges. And anymore, nearly every technology company is using creative accounting to some degree. I agree that some are more creative than others. . . but unless the SEC were to step in and set a totally new standard, I believe the problem will only grow worse. . . making it harder and harder to ever know the true value of a company. In Europe, it is already like that. . .creative accounting has been made into an artform. Rande Is