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To: M. Charles Swope who wrote (58662)	3/26/2002 1:01:00 PM
From: BWAC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

The Goodwill writeoff is irrelevant. Its irrelevant at AOL, it would be irrelevant at CSCO. DOesn't anybody understand this? Or has the media circus completely distorted everything? First you have to understand how the Goodwill got there. Secondly you have to understand how it will be removed.

To: M. Charles Swope who wrote (58662)	3/26/2002 1:07:55 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 77400

To answer your question more directly, yes Cisco has Goodwill on the books, but no where near amounts that you need to be concerned about. They did most of their huge acquisitions in all stock pooling accounting deals, which resulted in very little goodwill being recorded. Anything they had to write down, they've already done. So there won't be any surprises in this category going forward.