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To: FC_Fan who wrote (305)	11/11/1999 9:44:00 AM
From: Todd DeMelle	Respond to of 1583

FC Fan, I appreciate your attempt at being objective. I take issue with your assertion that the Keylabs tests were on a level playing field, however. I wonder if you can comment on the extent to which ANCR's (and VIXL's?) ignorance of the Keylabs test prior to the results being released might have effected the final scores. I understand Brocade was the only company with engineers present assisting with the setup of the Silkworm (and that they did actively assist). I also understand that Cal said Keylabs wasn't even using the most up to date release of the MKII at the time. If these points are accurate, SANbox aside, the test was stacked. At the very least, the objectivity of the numbers must be questioned. As a retail investor, I find it very disappointing that there are not publicly available head to head tests in which all switch vendors participate knowingly. Also, Reyes has publicly used the 80% market share figure on more than one occasion. In fact, the last time I saw an interview I believe he said "eighty plus percent". I'm looking forward to the Gray's numbers at the end of the year.