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To: Senator949 who wrote (79403)	3/12/2000 10:37:00 AM
From: MikeyT	Respond to of 97611

Go piggy Go! Sorry...couldn't resist<G>.

To: Senator949 who wrote (79403)	3/12/2000 10:39:00 AM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

If the analyst who suggested that CPQ would have a Q1 earnings short-fall of 25%(.04)was correct, then should we expect a warning or was CPQ's comment to the effect that Q1 would be slow due to seasonal circumstances(or at least Capellas said something along that line. Please correct me if I'm wrong)be all we'll get? The possible .04 loss was suggested simultaneously with the prediction that the stock would double over the next 12 months, so instead of falling, the stock rose. Is it fair to say then that a .04 loss is built in at this time? El