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To: tom ablett who wrote (9218)	2/27/2001 11:22:23 AM
From: Krikor	Respond to of 10309

Tom, Strange that it comes the same day when INTC announces that they will use WIND's O/S for their WEB tablet against windows CE. Coincidence?? KG

To: tom ablett who wrote (9218)	2/27/2001 11:25:33 AM
From: Peter Church	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10309

ABN AMRO: Does anyone know who these guys are? They have put the company on the defensive for the conference call. Not that they already wouldn't have been. Certainly there is high risk that WIND will miss or give unclear guidance. But, it could be that WIND will surprise to the upside. Look at all the other businesses involved. Also, WIND's business with these companies tends to be on the leading edge. With the stock at the 52 week low, is this overdone? I was hoping for an pre-earnings rally not a swoon. media.corporate-ir.net

To: tom ablett who wrote (9218)	3/1/2001 8:49:34 AM
From: Knight	Respond to of 10309

Analysts Upgrades/Downgrades Just curious. Can anyone on this board name a single analyst whose public upgrades and downgrades actually help in making investment decisions? My opinion of analysts upgrades/downgrades after several years of investing is that following them is worse than useless: it is downright harmful. Most of the time, analysts simply echo the sentiment that's already been built into the stock. Even if the information the analyst provides is accurate, by the time an analyst downgrades or upgrades it's already too late to act on the information. I suspect that they often have an ulterior motive for issuing the upgrade/downgrade. Also, many times it appears they simply follow one another like a group of mindless lemmings. Earlier I stated that following analysts upgrades/downgrades is worse than useless; however, to a long-term investor who is informed about the company they can provide at least one service: They can create good buying opportunities when they downgrade a very good stock based on a very short-sighted considerations, (And virtually all analysts upgrades/downgrades are short-sighted. After all, the brokerage firms make money by encouraging people to trade.) The old adage "you get what you pay for" is true. In the case of public upgrades/downgrades you pay nothing and usually receive even less...