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Technology Stocks : 3Com Corporation (COMS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Barkat who wrote (24059)	11/4/1998 10:43:00 PM
From: matt fahy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Since alot of times revenues are booked in the last few weeks of the quarter I don't think 3Com can give an accurate prediction to analyst before that, unless it is very obvious and very large variance.

To: Barkat who wrote (24059)	11/4/1998 11:48:00 PM
From: joe	Respond to of 45548

Don't have time to give you the run down on each quarter and the interpretation. Ask me later if you're really interested >>3Com Warns About Quarterly Earnings 12/03/97<< This was an exception. It was the start of COMS "black days". Just as a starter explanation, COMS did not have a clue what was in their inventory. Only thing they knew was that it was more out of their control then they ever imagined. The inventory was stuffed to the gills, and they couldn't move much in it. They finally broke down, and spilled the beans to the public about the screw up, and how the merger was a nightmare. Subsequently, the next two quarters were about 2 cents earnings each. You starting to get the picture?