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To: Paul V. who wrote (13763)	3/3/2000 6:35:00 AM
From: Ridi J	Respond to of 21876

I have concerns with Peterson being named CEO of the spinoff. His background as CFO of Lucent gives him an inside perspective of the new company, but CFOs are typically bean counters and not visionaries, and Peterson may be at least partially to blame for the January earnings fiasco, calling his CFO abilities into question. I personally find this, coupled with his multi-million $ insider trades back in November and his head-in-the-sand approach to rising inventories over the course of 1999, scary. I guess time will tell.

To: Paul V. who wrote (13763)	3/3/2000 9:24:00 AM
From: James Fulop	Respond to of 21876

(OT) >>(Lucent's 80 channel DWDM worked fine in the lab until they manufactured it in high volume for QWEST and the filters blew and QWEST is ripping it out and giving it to CIENNA, another strong buy of mine)<< Well, I hope that analyst can analyze better than he/she can spell the company with a strong buy...<g>....Ciena....

To: Paul V. who wrote (13763)	3/3/2000 9:47:00 AM
From: Hagar	Respond to of 21876

I don't know where it came from and I don't know any of the facts but it looks fake to me. The misspellings (CIENNA, don;t and nor), the language (another strong buy of mine, the whole thing etc.), lack of a source or name leads me to believe this is a concoction. Statements such as "Lucent used to be favored" seem odd considering that LU didn't really have shipping product which would imply the reverse. I also would expect language about the DWDM to refer to equipment problems or failures rather than "filters blew". If this is for real its from an amateur.