Nortel should be able to bounce back.... But I'm not sure we're going to see any huge growth numbers anytime soon.

The flaw is part of the plight of any large, incumbent vendor. Due to the company's sheer size, these vulnerabilities crop up more often than with vendors that have much smaller installed bases.

What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew? No! grown, his growth lasts; taught, he ne'er forgets; May learn a thousand things, not twice the same.

Stocks would really get whacked, because they have priced in that some kind of economic growth is coming. A rate cut would be a sign that growth isn't coming.

It has been exciting with that type of growth and acceleration. We have had a few hiccups but not really growing pains.

Most analysts project what the earnings growth rates are going to be and they tend to be too aggressive for our blood.