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To: W.F.Rakecky who wrote (29242)	3/25/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: BobInBush	Read Replies (2) of 45548

What USR brought to the table in the merger was: 1. Brand name recognition. 2. Palm pilot, not very profitable yet, but market leader in - an exploding market. 3. WAN access equipment, from PC to ISP. ( 3Com was mostly LAN) 4. The corporate overlap was not too bad. 5. A way overpriced stock swap. 3Com did get reamed by the USR Managment, USR stuffed the channels, put all of their inventory on the shelves, 3Com has made some tough choices to prevent a modem fire sale, such as slowing down production, until the inventory was sold down to acceptable levels. The real villain in the merger was USR.

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