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To: DYW who wrote (153589)	2/11/2000 12:27:00 AM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 176387

DYW - I agree with your second paragraph - at this point DELL should be pretty well inoculated against nose-bleeds. And also that it will probably not tank - but it could trade in the high 30s rather than the low 40s depending on whether folks buy even the revised 30% growth number. My own already limited confidence was shaken by the guidance for 1Q... if they got only 3% earnings growth on 31% revenue growth, and are predicting flat earnings for 1Q, what kind of astronomical revenue growth are they predicting to achieve 40% earnings growth in the remaining 3 quarters (to achieve 30% for the year)?? And after the bullish predictions by DELL management of early 1999, I'm not sure how well their crystal ball is working. How would DELL's price look if they achieve 20% earnings growth instead of 30%? IBM, HP and CPQ are all projecting 10% to 15%... Maybe I'm being too pessimistic... not delighted by either the report or the attitude displayed in the CC.