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To: JDN who wrote (63367)	10/5/2005 11:33:07 AM
From: sixty2nds	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

The best part of the whole thing...the stay tuned for more announcements. Don't touch that dial. Ya gotta luv a cliff hanger. Mercy?? I'll take it. I'm back in at $4.17

To: JDN who wrote (63367)	11/2/2005 3:09:41 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

Qwik's post reminded me of something I wanted to ask you (or other accounting types who might be reading). Sun took some huge impairment charges a while back (mostly, as I recall, relating to the acquisition of Cobalt, a maker of X86 servers), and I was wondering whether, if the assets those relate to begin again to produce, are the charges reversible? Or is the rule "once impaired, always impaired?" I know a lot of that value is gone forever, but with the renewal of X86 within Sun, I can imagine a scenario in which at least a little bit of it again becomes useful. JMHO. Charles Tutt (SM)