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To: Benkea who wrote (57911)	8/8/2000 8:52:02 PM
From: sandeep	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Benkea, you must be short! That's why the ranting. Having said that, the earnings of tech companies should be adjusted to reflect the taxes paid on exercised options. Not doing that is criminal.

To: Benkea who wrote (57911)	8/9/2000 12:49:15 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99985

Blah, blah, blah. You are pissing into a tidal wave. Why don't you just get on the boat and float. You definitely sound like someone who's been caught with their pants down shorting Cisco, or just have watched Cisco's meteoric rise from afar, never daring to jump in because you think you are smarter than the rest of the world. How pathetic.

To: Benkea who wrote (57911)	8/9/2000 7:25:08 AM
From: DukeCrow	Respond to of 99985

Those expenses are non-cash. There is no need to show them in proforma numbers. The real cost of the acquisition shows itself in dilution of EPS. Since these deals are all stock swaps, per share numbers are the key thing to look at, not absolutes. Why should analysts include the non-cash costs and also calculate their EPS numbers based on the larger share counts? That's double counting. So, they exclude the non-cash acquisition charges and dilute the EPS with the larger share count. That makes sense. Ali