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Technology Stocks : Cabletron Systems (CS: NYSE)
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To: Eric Christian who wrote (2472)12/3/1997 7:08:00 PM
From: G. Richmond  Read Replies (2) of 8358
 
Eric,

remember this post from 6 months ago. # 1593. I admire the fact that you support CS but I don't think it's fair to blame CS marketing. They had/have a decent marketing group. As far as support, and products,

<<ComputerWorld
December 1, 1997

ComputerWorld via Individual Inc. : Cabletron Systems, Inc.'s
purchase of Digital Equipment Corp.'s networking division last week
for $430 million left some Digital users wondering who will protect
their investment.............

''What does this mean, especially if you're not a Cabletron fan?''
said Michael Felerski, systems network manager for Butler County,
Ohio. ''This doesn't mean everyone's going to jump on the Cabletron
bandwagon. It really opens up doors to other vendors.''

Butler County uses a mix of Hub 900s and 90s from Digital. Felerski
said Cabletron can be pricey and tough to work with......>>>

Who know's what Reed will do. I posted something earlier about how he commented on CNBC that sales picked up at the end of the quarter and yesterday said they unexpectedly dropped off.

This tells me the CEO has no clue about what is going on in his own company. This is most likely why people have lost faith in CS.

Good luck.

still waiting for that turn around but it ain't coming for a longgggg time ;-(

G

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