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To: CLYONS who wrote (515)	10/28/1997 7:59:00 PM
From: James S. Martindale	Respond to of 543

I am still here too...but I agree that "expectations" should be higher from the CEO's point of view. I would guess it's back to the 6's tomarrow. I still hold about half the position I've had for a little over a year now.Kinda wish I had sold a few days back close to 8.

To: CLYONS who wrote (515)	10/28/1997 9:26:00 PM
From: Jacky AY	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543

I don't really know what "in line w/ expectation" means. CEO Doug Richard never communicated with the public or so-called analysts. i.e. There're no FirstCall estimates to compare w/ the actual earning. However, I observed improvement in virtually all categories on sequential quarter-to-quarter basis. These are the categories we want to see an increase... (numbers in million except EPS and gross margin) June QTR Sept QTR revenue 15.035 15.531 EPS (before charge) (0.15) (0.05) R&D 2.040 2.212 gross margin 68.7% 69.7% These are the catagories we want to reduce... account receiveable 9.611 9.419 inventory 1.287 1.159 sales/marketing 9.016 8.022 general/admin 1.837 1.510 I guess Doug Richard has done a pretty good job in slowing (if not yet completely stopping) the bleeding. The September quarter has traditionally been a slow quarter for all tech companies. So, I feel that the worst is definitely behind us. But I don't know whether we're completely out of the woods yet. You are right - we don't want to see anymore red ink!