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To: gc who wrote (116202)	4/11/1999 12:17:00 PM
From: TCBinAugusta	Respond to of 176387

RE: My point is that CPQ is no worse than last year. Besides its significant earning improvement year over year,...... You gotta be kidding! This is the company that just a short while ago (like in the last two weeks) said they were up 50% in revenues and that it was coming from Dell customers! This company employs the most misleading use of cover up spin I have ever seen. I'm sorry for their shareholders - maybe they will take steps to make changes at the top to correct the situation. TCB

To: gc who wrote (116202)	4/11/1999 1:06:00 PM
From: BGR	Respond to of 176387

gc, Well, it may be a relative improvement, but CPQ performed bad enough last year. ;-) But this definitely puts the situation in a different light. Either way, I am happy that I am not a CPQ shareholder. -BGR.

To: gc who wrote (116202)	4/11/1999 6:54:00 PM
From: rudedog	Respond to of 176387

gc - But, they denied it all along. This year, they are a little late in reporting the problem, but at least they told the truth. Actually, CPQ warned earlier last year than this year, almost a month earlier. And we have yet to see if they are telling the truth, even now. Last year they missed more than 50% in earning and more than 3% in revenue. Significant improvement in both front. That is what they just reported - 3% rev shortfall, more than 50% earnings shortfall. Last year it was at least linked to a big revenue drop. I would say that this current news is more troublesome. Last year they could say that the underlying business was healthy and CPQ just made a bad decision. That was even pretty much true as later events showed. But what do they say about this situation?