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To: The Phoenix who wrote (28558)	10/4/1999 11:54:00 AM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77399

>>Yes, retraining and rehiring will be required. KMPG is hiring.

To: The Phoenix who wrote (28558)	10/4/1999 12:09:00 PM
From: Techplayer	Respond to of 77399

Gary, A few thoughts....The CSCO engineers know more than just CSCO technology. If they are CSCO certified, they know all of the routing protocols and different types of LAN/WAN network equipment out there. If an engineer only wants to deal with CSCO equipment, there are numerous networks under contract to INS for service that will continue to need that expertise. If that is not enough, then those engineers will leave. These guys also owned INS stock that will do well as LU stock over the next couple of years. It is difficult to walk from golden handcuffs. These field guys are always in training as it is. The classes will be focused on different products with similar technologies. A vast amount of the revenue is from post sales support. The networks being supported are not changing for the most part. LU is so big that top management does not need to focus on each small entity like INS. Plug in a couple of layers of management on top of present INS management and it could, in theory, be business as usual. What is most disconcerting in these acquisitions is the political ramifications in upper management and the legacy large company bureaucracy that comes with LU. Each individual has to establishment his own pain threshold if he is not a big company person. Brian