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To: PCSS who wrote (78417)	2/16/2000 9:09:00 PM
From: Captain Jack	Respond to of 97611

Michael-- do not be! CPQ could not get a top person with the required experience at this time. Maybe next year. In the mean time that is one of the first jobs we know they are doing without,, 5K more to go... LOL! It is very difficult finding a cfo anywhere at this time. Finding one for cpq has to be ten times as hard,, they could not even get a ceo! Which is the other problem, any cfo coming from a company big enough to understand the position and have the know how or experience to make a difference would feel (possibly correctly) they are more qualified for the ceo than MC making conditions difficult. IMO it is a non-issue,, one that cannot be delt with successfully at this time. Unless we want my old Bus Acctg prof (who must be 80 by now) Like MC I would give up for awhile too... Instead--- lets see movement on the headcount reduction and other items that effect the bottom line,, get the sales staff in a 'kick ass' mood, do some damn thing to get the stock moving in the correct direction that they have some control over,,, MC, BEN, no one is going to get a top notch cfo into cpq now short of kidnapping,,,

To: PCSS who wrote (78417)	2/16/2000 9:27:00 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

I think Rosen has finally settled on Vince McMahon for the new CFO. Vince is the President of the World Federation of Wrestling, and under his guidance, sales have grown to 400 million a year. He was interviewed the other day on CNBC. WFW had just announced that they were taking the money raised in the offering for the World Wrestling Fed. to start the World Football League. He was asked by a reporter what he thought of critics who said they shouldn't do this, he responded, Well, they can kiss my ass". THAT's the kind of CFO we need!!!

To: PCSS who wrote (78417)	2/16/2000 9:29:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Michael... I recall that about Jan 1 there was an interview posted here in which a CPQ officer was quoted as saying something to the effect that he thought that they were nearing a end to the search for a cFO and that they should have made a decision by the end of the month(Jan.). Led me, and others I'm certain, to believe that a new CFO would be announced at earnings release. Didn't happen. Anyone remember who was the person that made that remark? El