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Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Reuben who wrote (48046)	2/5/2001 7:30:37 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Though they're about to abolish pooling I thought they're NOT going to abolish pooling. So to make up for it, they made purchasing easier as well. To Cisco, which uses pooling, it seems like a wash. In any case, the true cost is the continued dilution of existing shareholders. Check out that Fortune article I posted. It indicates Cisco will keep acquiring. And although their acquisition targets have been hit harder than Cisco, Cisco will nevertheless probably be diluting current shareholders if it acquires unprofitable cos.