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To: JMD who wrote (8421)	6/13/2000 8:17:00 PM
From: Daniel Simon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9068

Management should have reacted faster, but either way the news is still bad. I don't believe they selectively disclosed info as some on this thread believe. In fact the CFO purposefully did not enter a situation in which such a thing would have been unavoidable. It just so happens that fund managers and analysts have been burned by this "no show" before and have learned to sell first ask questions later. The large selling produced a snow ball effect and in fact here we are. The problem is that skipping an opportunity to selectively disclose info is itself a form of communication. Nothing to be done about that. Hopefully management is being honest about demand and CTXS will eventually recover. I am more concerned with managements' strategy for dealing with the problem which appears to be missing. Unless you consider waiting for the problem to go away a strategy. Good luck and better profits, Daniel

To: JMD who wrote (8421)	6/14/2000 2:10:00 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 9068

>>Daniel, re: "but there is no "good" way to disappoint." Not to put too strong a point on it Daniel, but I must strongly disagree. You fess up, completely and instantly to the broadest possible audience you can communicate with. Explain the problem and what you intend to do about it and in what time frame. It ain't rocket science.<< JMD - I must disagree with you, in part. The first thing the management of any public company does when they begin to realize that they might not make their numbers for the quarter is to scramble for some way to fix the problem before the end of the quarter. Only when they know for sure that they can't do that do they go ahead and warn. As far as I can see, Citrix management HAS fessed up, explained the problem, etc. What makes me agree with your sentiment, at least, is the clear indication that this news was leaked to some groups of people in advance of the public warning. I think that's pretty obvious from the action on Thursday and Friday. And this isn't the first time. Citrix has always seemed to be a company that didn't do a good job keeping a lid on material information before announcing it. I say "seemed", however, because I'm not willing to condemn people absolutely when I'm don't have enough evidence. - Allen PS: Still believe that the company can and will demonstrate that this is only a speed bump. But I may believe that only because I don't want to believe otherwise.