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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (23953)	9/8/1998 6:54:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Brian, >>>"Are you criticizing him for being upfront? He could paint a rose-colored picture and say things were fine and dandy, but when they missed estimates by a wide margin, they'd be clobbered, even worse than they've already been."<<< True, but couldn't he have come up with some kind of a reasonable guesstimate, no guarantees of course, kind of outlook? Of course, he and his people talk to customers and must be able to make some prediction. Otherwise, how'd they know how many workers to lay off? Tony