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To: Jim Patterson who wrote (19003)	3/3/1998 1:37:00 PM
From: leebo	Respond to of 97611

Re-"never indicated he didn't think January results were not very good. If the channel was stuffed in Q497, don't you think this would..." I'm confused. If he "didn't think January results were not very good" is that the same as saying "he did not think they WERE very good?" If the double negative is correct, then that is bad news. Or even, "they were NOT very good?"

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (19003)	3/3/1998 6:46:00 PM
From: peacelover	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Jim, I am long CPQ and I applaud your courage to express your bear ideas here. However, with all due respect I defer to agree with your statement, "First The CFO of a company would never tell you something was Weak." Why not if it is true? Have you never heard of investor class action suits against corporations as a result of false statements made by executives? So, if I what you say is true, Earl Mason will say it is weak if it is true and if he so chooses to speak or he will keep quiet about it until further clarification can be given by CPQ to the investing community. So far, I have not seen anything like this from the co. I could be wrong. You could me help in this regard with facts such as quotes of the leaders of CPQ, not some goof ball "paper pimp" "anal-yst". I disagree with your opinions in peace. peacelove