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Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)
CSCO 76.94+1.1%Nov 28 9:30 AM EST
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To: Techplayer who wrote (27785)8/19/1999 4:09:00 PM
From: Doughboy  Read Replies (1) of 77400
 
For one thing, I know that Bell Labs/Lucent have been involved in a couple of cases against MCI/WorldCom asserting that MCI/WorldCom infringed Bell Labs/Lucent patents. It doesn't help customer relations to be suing your customer for patent infringement.

Also, though it is obviously ancient history, Lucent is a product of the Bell System, and companies like MCI WorldCom will, IMO, always have a certain wariness working with Lucent. There's a presumption that when push-comes-to-shove Lucent will take sides with AT&T, its sibling and biggest customer.

Doughboy.
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