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To: Garth Richmond who wrote (2121)	5/17/2000 2:41:00 PM
From: Lone Star	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3076

I'm suggesting what you posted could be stated by anyone with two minutes of dd, surface info. Other boards have been infested with the shorters bashing, so I'm afraid I was a little short with you ( no pun intended). The potential of this company cannot be ascertained by looking backward, nor at current metrics was my curt point. Certain of us on this and other boards have been sharing dd for many months, and without the preponderance of that accumulated data I can imagine how a newer set of eyes may see the stock price as expensive.

To: Garth Richmond who wrote (2121)	5/18/2000 2:18:00 AM
From: Jay Fisk	Respond to of 3076

You're correct.... "Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector has made the decision to transition out of the Neuron© Chip business. All Neurons are currently on End-of-Life, and Motorola is no longer accepting orders for Neuron products. All new Neuron Chip development activities have also been stopped." Q: What about Toshiba? Do they remain committed to the Neuron Chip business? A: Motorola policy does not allow us to comment or speculate on our partners' reaction. Q: Does this imply that the market for LONWORKS networks is not growing? A: Motorola's decision to exit the Neuron IC business was based on internal business factors and strategic decisions and was not based on lack of growth prospects for the LONWORKS market. The Neuron is not a general processor; it is designed specifically to run the LonTalk protocol. It was developed by Echelon in conjunction with the LonTalk protocol, and as such Echelon owns the Neuron intellectual property. The license agreement between Motorola and Echelon allows Motorola to manufacture and sell Neurons, but that is Motorola's only contribution to the overall LONWORKS system solution. This does not fit with Motorola's strategy of becoming an "embedded systems solutions creator." Motorola's other microcontroller and microprocessor families were designed and created by Motorola. This means that Motorola is free to develop and alter these processors to create embedded systems solutions. This is a key element in Motorola's strategy of transitioning to a embedded systems solutions creator; therefore, Motorola has no plans to discontinue any of its microcontroller or microprocessor families. astd clips from motorola.com