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To: Daniel G. DeBusschere who wrote (7806)11/23/1999 7:00:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd  Respond to of 12623
 
Dan: I know that Pirelli has beaten CIEN in a few head to head competitions. They might have won it on price without any consideration for future state of the art upgrades. Pirelli is a real company as was Ascend. They will be a better company under CSCO's wing. CSCO probably saw , in their collaborative efforts with CIEN, where the revs. and more importantly the future revs. lay. JFD



To: Daniel G. DeBusschere who wrote (7806)11/23/1999 7:00:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd  Respond to of 12623
 
Dan: I know that Pirelli has beaten CIEN in a few head to head competitions. They might have won it on price without any consideration for future state of the art upgrades. Pirelli is a real company as was Ascend. They will be a better company under CSCO's wing. CSCO probably saw , in their collaborative efforts with CIEN, where the revs. and more importantly the future revs. lay. JFD