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To: Patrick E.McDaniel who wrote (29831)	2/15/1998 3:55:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Patrick, diluted earnings uses the average weighted shares outstanding during the period plus the number of shares that would result if all options, warrants etc. were exercised. Regards, Paul

To: Patrick E.McDaniel who wrote (29831)	2/16/1998 11:24:00 AM
From: Ex-INTCfan	Respond to of 176387

I guess I did the "diluted" calculation incorrectly. Please change my estimate from .86 diluted to .82 diluted. Thanks, INTCfan

To: Patrick E.McDaniel who wrote (29831)	2/16/1998 8:55:00 PM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Patrick, I think Sonki is correct. DELL has been adding about 30M shares into their weighted average to arrive at the weighted average shares outstanding that they use in the EPS calculation. As of Feb2 this was 326.4M shares plus the 30M shares for options. This gives 356.4M shares. I am expecting DELL's gross margin to improve to 23.9 % and their operating expenses to be reduced a little. ASP may decline about 3% from last quarter. Gross revenues should be around 3.6B for the quarter. So I think will will see about .91 diluted. Of course the basic EPS will be greater than this. A 2/1 split is probably going to happen. This should make Meathead and Gabriel rich. I am buying a Yukon this week myself! Perhaps you can buy the airplane of your choice? Regards, Jim Kelley P.S: Caution, I am usually a little too optimistic.