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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (2119)	8/6/2002 7:41:46 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25522

Brian, Nasdaq vs VIX bigcharts.marketwatch.com Note the double spike in VIX? Must be better than a single one. I didn't use vxn, the Nasdaq volatility index, because data goes back only 1 1/2 years on that site. G.

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (2119)	8/6/2002 8:12:49 PM
From: Donald Wennerstrom	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 25522

Brian, Just a quick input on the issue. I just finished listening to CSCO's conference call when Chambers addressed the issue as a result of one of the questions(About 1 and 1/2 hours into the conference call). He pointed out that last year when they gave options, the cost to the company was about 3.5B(that's B as in Billion) - today those options if exercised would cost approximately 150M(that's M as in Million). Clearly, to have expensed the options last year would have been an overkill. Nobody knows what the true cost will be until the options are exercised or expired. Don