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To: The Phoenix who wrote (41539)10/26/2000 1:27:30 PM
From: chic_hearne  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 77400
 
If it was one acquisition over a 4 or 5 year period.. yeah sure... use the purchase method.. But we're talking 20-30 acqusitions a year. Pooling is the only way to bring about consolidation in the industry and speed innovation, change, compatibility, interoperability, etc...

If the merger/aquisition made sense, the accounting method wouldn't matter one bit. Think about it...