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To: aha who wrote (18017)	7/21/1999 5:55:00 PM
From: Marvin Mansky	Respond to of 64865

Watch for a SUNW announcement on and acquisition. A significant one to enhance the network business. (I believe it will be in the software business, I don't know for sure)

To: aha who wrote (18017)	7/21/1999 6:30:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

$1 billion would be a rather large acquisition for SUNW. Didn't SUNW do something similar (bond) 6 mos ago, or so? They're building up a war chest for *something, it would appear. Maybe they're just buying a couple of Silicon Valley parking lots. <g> Was anyone else surprised by the Sun/AOL alliance being named i-Planet? I didn't even know that the i-Planet line was the meat of the partnership. Here's a link to the i-Planet architecture whitepaper sun.com Here comes the Webtop! -JCJ

To: aha who wrote (18017)	7/21/1999 7:17:00 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Respond to of 64865

Re: Bond offerings SUNW has little need to issue debt to finance acquisitions. It's stock provides a more than sufficient currency for that purpose. The typical reason box companies issue bonds like this is to support leasing and financing activities for their customers. Essentially, if you want to buy or lease a SUNW box they'll be happy to loan you the money to do so rather than have you borrow from a bank. Unless the company specifies otherwise, I'd assume that was the purpose here.