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To: F. Foos who wrote (4020)	1/23/1999 11:10:00 PM
From: voop	Respond to of 10309

Any way to tell if there were limit orders for puts and stop losses that got triggered at some point, say 40? Voop

To: F. Foos who wrote (4020)	1/25/1999 8:08:00 AM
From: F. Foos	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

Re: "Back-end Loaded Sales". When analysts refer to back-end loaded sales, they are usually referring to "DSO" Days Sales Outstanding, a ratio comparing accounts receivable to the number of days in the quarter. If the DSO number increases, the analyst assumes that sales are back-end loaded or in other words, more sales occurring toward the end of the quarter. The inference is that the company may be struggling to make sales but, this is not necessarily true. The DSO number can increase due to delays in customer billing. Business disruptions of an innocuous nature such as, installing new accounting software packages or computer/network hardware, or moving to a new corporate complex can increase the DSO number. These types of transient events are not indicative of longer term business trends. Wind River recently moved to a new corporate complex. I would assume that the move resulted in some disruption of business. Until told otherwise, I am assuming that this is the root cause of a back-end loaded quarter. Frank