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To: dtong who wrote (893)	5/8/2000 3:51:00 AM
From: dtong	Respond to of 1801

trilli replied to your message at boards.fool.com and opted to have it e-mailed to you. Subject: Re: NEXT Q -- EARNING SHORTFALL thanx for your reply too. i could not find any tax provisions either. since you are an accountant and I have very little idea of how this works, though i have heard that big corporations hire master accountants to help manipulate what you are raising the red flag for. well, if that is the case and if you say you knew of this before q2, adn if you acted on it, then good for you. i wish you had posted it before f5 stock was pushed off the cliff. but thanx anyway for your insight, will keep that in mind when and if i take the decision to sell or hold.

To: dtong who wrote (893)	5/8/2000 3:51:00 AM
From: dtong	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1801

>i could not find any tax provisions either. since you are >an accountant >and I have very little idea of how this works, though i >have heard that >big corporations hire master accountants to help >manipulate what you are >raising the red flag for. well, if that is the case and if >you say you >knew of this before q2, adn if you acted on it, then good >for you. my figures show q2 using up most loss for tax; but I really thought sales would have been BOOMING I thought I will read the q2 sales and see ... thus, the q3 red flag WAS more valid after q2 (when sales didn't boom) >i wish you had posted it before f5 stock was pushed off >the cliff. but thanx >anyway for your insight, will keep that in mind when and >if i take the >decision to sell or hold. I should have... but I ignored F5 for few days after I took the loss at 48 (painful, but not down as much as many other internet stocks!) when at 33, it caught my eyes again and I were thinking about re-enter, but then I remember the potential tax red-flag; I am 100% sure I won't get in before q3 results