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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (5460)	4/21/2000 6:14:00 PM
From: Gregory Rasp	Respond to of 14638

Does anyone know if the TSE was closed today also? GR

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (5460)	4/21/2000 6:15:00 PM
From: Gregory Rasp	Respond to of 14638

From the OMM web pages a superficial comparison of XROS and OMM strategies. Tough competition for OMM's relatively small switching matrix will come from Xros, another California startup that surfaced last week with its announcement of a MEMS-based optical cross-connect that can handle 1,152 pairs of inputs and outputs and is scheduled to ship early next year. As opposed to OMM's bipositional mirrors, which flip up and down, Xros, along with Lucent and Texas Instruments, uses mirrors that can be tilted in several directions?similar to using a pocket mirror to focus a beam of light on a surface, according to Xros CEO Greg Resnick. Bipositional switches require many more mirrors than multidirectional ones, so the larger cross-connects can get quite complex. Multidirectional mirrors use more power, however, and may prove subject to wear and tear. That being said, Xros and OMM are in two different markets. Because of the size of its matrix, Xros sees its competition in companies such as Sycamore Networks and Tellium, whose products are designed for switching dozens to hundreds of lightpaths. OMM, on the other hand, expects to sell its less capacious devices for less demanding switching points along the backbone and in metropolitan area networks. omminc.com GR