Now we're in slash and burn time. We think that analysts are going to take down estimates to 5 or 6 percent growth.
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Analysts have always been biased. It's in their nature to be partial. They're covering an industry because they believe in that industry, and they're covering the stocks that are the best in the industry.
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The numbers that VA Linux reported included a charge of 4.2 million, ... If you take that out, they actually lost 23 cents a share, as compared to the analysts' expectations of a loss of 21 cents.
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Through 2001 profit gains are expected to continue slowing, but get back to more sustainable levels. People are viewing this as terrible that growth is slowing, but that's going on the assumption that high double-digit growth is normal.
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We think when all is said and done, you're talking about something like 13 percent growth.
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