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To: chenys who wrote (18990)	7/10/1998 7:08:00 PM
From: jim bender	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

joe, looks like Palms is doing good. I was in Frys last week and they are selling lots of Palms My guess is Palm will create new revenue 500 to 600M by the end of FY99. -jim

To: chenys who wrote (18990)	7/10/1998 7:19:00 PM
From: joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

My guestimate: at 50% it would take 2 - 5 years In 2 years 3Com would make $945 million in sales. $1,200,000. * [(1.5)]^2 * 350. = $945 million sales. In 5 years 3Com would make $1,200,000. * [(1.5)]^5 * 350. = $3.189 billion sales (I'm not sure how much revenue would be needed) But, I think the Palm computer is going to grow faster than 50% a year. I'd say anywhere's from 3-10 times in a year. So the calculation goes like this: 1 year at 300% annual growth -- $1,200,000. * [(3.00)^1] * 350. = $1.26 billion sales 2 years at 300% annual growth -- $1,200,000. * [(3.00)^2] * 350. = $3.7 billion sales I'd have to see how much revenue is needed. Then how much is profit from the modems. Then how much is profit from the Palm computers. Looks like 3Com is really counting on the Palm Pilots hitting the big time out past year 2000. That's what some people think.