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To: Xpiderman who wrote (21143)	2/19/1999 8:54:00 AM
From: Andrew Vance	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Thanks for the link. However, the B to B is somewhat misleading. The ratios say one thing but the actual numbers are what are important. Would you rather have a B:B of 1.10 or 0.81? The answer is actually 0.81 and not 1.10 if you look at the data. Shipments are still down considerably and even though bookings are up, the bookings are not at the levels they were at when the B:B was 0.81 Don't get me wrong, I have been watching B:B for years since I am a 20 year veteran of the IC manufacturing industry. I look more closely at the numbers behind the ratios<GGG>. Andrew