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To: Night Writer who wrote (95549)	2/28/2002 2:50:25 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

NW: Thanks for the update. As good as the economic news gets and as visibility begins to improve, the markets languish, at best. The NAS just can't seem to get any traction. Q1 earnings releases begin in 4-5 weeks. Hopefully something positive will come out of the conference calls that will jump-start the markets. El

To: Night Writer who wrote (95549)	2/28/2002 2:56:14 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

NW -- you mentioned 'storage' as being a money maker IF memory is correct from a day or 2 ago,, (age you know);; Single Digits Beckon EMC By James J. Cramer 02/28/2002 07:53 AM EST EMC (EMC:NYSE - news - commentary - research - analysis) said things aren't so hot last night at a Roberston Stephens conference, confirming once again that all is not well in storage-land. When you combine that with the Hitachi (HIT:NYSE - news - commentary - research - analysis) disappointment last night and what I am hearing about IBM (IBM:NYSE - news - commentary - research - analysis), you have a sense that this once-hot area has completely fizzled. What's the matter with storage according to EMC? How about everything: pricing is bad, demand is bad, the products don't seem to excite.