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To: stockman_scott who wrote (116827)	4/12/1999 9:18:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

CPQ- The mystery continues---->While Dell to grow when others are flat. Scott: Seems nobody knows how a 3-6% (?) or so shortfall in revenue could contribute to a 50% shortfall in earnings,this includes 5fer? ===================== dailynews.yahoo.com US Bancorp Piper Jaffray analyst Ashok Kumar, who predicted Compaq's warning three weeks ago, advised investors not to read too much into the company's troubles. ''Compaq's shortfall is not representative of the health of the industry,'' he said. While both Compaq and overall PC industry shipments are expected to decline sharply in the seasonally slow first-quarter period compared with the holiday-fueled fourth quarter, he said, shipments from rival PC maker Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq:DELL - news) should grow, for example, while others are flat. But in press interviews and calls to analysts, Pfeiffer would not offer specifics on how a 6 percent decline in revenues could translate into a 50 percent drop in profits...