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To: Dragonfly who wrote (24678)	4/27/1999 7:27:00 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 77397

Dragonfly, took me some work, but I think everyone should know what a consistent powerhouse Cisco is. Here are their gross margins for the last several years that I calculated from the annual reports and 10Qs: 10/95 1/96 4/96 7/96 10/96 1/97 4/97 7/97 ----- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- ---- 66.5% 66.0% 65.3% 65.0% 65.0% 65.3% 65.3% 65.1% 10/97 1/98 4/98 7/98 10/98 1/99 ----- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- 65.1% 65.4% 65.7% 65.7% 65.5% 65.2% So as you can see gross margins have been coming down slightly, but they are rock solid and have been for 3 and a half years. Also, I didn't do the calculation, but net margins have been consistently above 20% for as long as I can remember. Those types of margins definitely compete with Microsoft's.