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To: ratan lal who wrote (7172)	3/16/2001 2:49:06 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 10934

ratan, As I stated before, since NTAP's fiscal year is almost over (April) and they've got 3 quarters in the book, I find it almost certain that NTAP should have e.p.s. in the range of .40 to .41 for the year.

To: ratan lal who wrote (7172)	3/16/2001 3:10:18 PM
From: Crystal ball	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

I agree, can NTAP close above $21? Looking GREAT looking forward. The rest of the market is rotten. Trailin numbers are dead, done, delivered. Future Earnings, That is the Art of the Deal, and what is the future, its gonna have lots more storage, so we are going to do just fine, excellent in fact and probably as I predicted be the only sector that EXCEEDS earnings estimates this quarter. I am, Trul your$, -Crystal Ball

To: ratan lal who wrote (7172)	3/16/2001 3:49:00 PM
From: BirdDog	Respond to of 10934

...Sometimes it works and ... I just listened to cnbc tell viewers that they are stating trailing p/e numbers. The reason is they can't believe any forecasts for forward earnings. One of the few times I've heard wisdom come from one of those f-channels. Would you also agree, on ntap's forward estimates. Many here have been stating what ntap has given for guidance. When, if one pays close attention to last quarters conference call. NTAP is simply stating guidance that the analysts have already projected. The analysts were cutting forward growth in half last fall. They said ntap wouldn't come close to meeting estimates last quarter...they were very wrong. NTAP has given up giving guidance to an analyst community who has chosen to ignore ntap. Everytime, in that CC when stating any kind of guidance. They always ended it with "that's what the analysts say". And "we will meet those estimates". And the usual statement of possible error in forward guidance, which was repeated an unusually large amount of times. I would agree with you that, as far as numbers, we have to rely on past numbers. There is way too much doom and gloom opinion, and great things going on with this company right now to depend on any estimates. We will have to wait till the end of this quarter to see how things have gone. Until then, we get to tolerate doom and gloom... BirdDog