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To: Kirk © who wrote (46166)5/3/2001 5:08:24 PM
From: Gottfried  Respond to of 70976
 
Kirk, >The CEO's do the best they can, but they are often very, very wrong.<

...No matter how respected or how accurate in the past they have been. After all, they didn't see this downturn coming either.

Gottfried



To: Kirk © who wrote (46166)5/4/2001 2:11:28 AM
From: Math Junkie  Respond to of 70976
 
Having worked in the equipment industry, I am well aware of the fallibility of executive forecasts. This is equally true of fab executives as equipment executives. I was simply objecting to the notion that being an equipment executive means he doesn't know anything about the health of the fab business.


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