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To: telecomguy who wrote (6414)	8/3/2000 12:32:08 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14638

Just my personal opinion. I think this move is part of Nortel's transition from an old economy type of company to a new economy type of company. I think it is a good move.

To: telecomguy who wrote (6414)	8/3/2000 1:44:47 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14638

Hi Telecomguy, actually yes, Cisco is renowned for their leadership in using Internet technologies to streamline their business processes. Almost all of their orders come over the Internet. That is why customers like to do business with Cisco. They make it so easy. Like any inhouse IT shop, I'm sure that they hire vendors to do some of the development work, especially now that developers are so hard to find. But the more this type of work is outsourced the higher the costs are. Those are the trade offs. All this is of course one piece of the puzzle. I'm not going to say that because Nortel is doing this, they are going down the tubes. All I'm saying is that I hope outsourcing doesn't make them lose the focus on using Internet technology inhouse to streamline their business.

To: telecomguy who wrote (6414)	8/3/2000 2:26:29 PM
From: mtnlady	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14638

Cisco, for the most part, buys 'off the shelf' software and the heavily modifies it using - for the most part - contract programmers/analysts/project leaders etc... If there is no 'off the shelf' solution they write it themselves.. again using ALOT of contract help. Cisco invests heavily in their software as they see it as a key to assist in the need to communicate with their customers and control/communicate with their third party vendors. Cisco is a great example though of subbing out a ton of their work. Almost all of their mfg., service, repair etc.. is done by third party vendors.