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To: Carl Yee who wrote (30207)	12/13/1999 4:56:00 PM
From: Mighty Mizzou	Respond to of 77400

This confirms what Ive suspected all along. Cisco throws their funny money at these no name startups, the employees say "thank you Morons" and go start their own company. So in effect, Cisco is expecting a 7 billion dollar return on this microwave sized box, because nobody is left to come out with the next generation. Nice move Joke! The buyout created a group of 200 millionaires within Cerent's work force who already are starting to plow their fortunes back into another crop of telecom startups clustered in Petaluma. It inspired a new generation of high-tech entrepreneurs to start their own companies.