Yes. And journalists cooperate by publicizing non-GAAP figures. My general position, having run Downside.com, is that you&#x27;re only a &quot;growth&quot; company for a short period, three years at most after you have a product. After that, you better have good GAAP numbers.<p>When was the last time you saw an &quot;extraordinary item&quot; in a footnote that was excluded from making the earnings look better?  Have you ever seen one?<p>EBDITA is called &quot;earnings before all the bad stuff&quot; by value-oriented analysts.