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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (39097)	2/8/2001 4:20:02 PM
From: areokat	Respond to of 54805

I sure do wish he'd lose the resemblance he has with Larry Ellison of spending too much time talking about the competition. Based upon the resemblance of their company's results maybe both guys have the type of ego that needs this type of self-motivation. As Lincoln said about Grant "find out what kind of whiskey he drinks and give the rest of my generals a barrel". Kat

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (39097)	2/8/2001 4:31:24 PM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 54805

I hate to say this, but Sculpezio talks a little too much--sounds like some lightweight trying to impress others with how smart he is because he is a little confused about his own self image--just doesn't cut it for me. Bragging about bluffing his way around GSM pattents is a bit like bad mouthing the opposition team the day before the big game--at best, it is not helpful and at worst, it stirs up the opposition's anger to the point that they develop a creative strategy that succeeds in kicking your ass. The crack about NEXTEL having no place to go is equally stupid, arrogant and obnoxious. It has no place in a public analyst meeting. Sculpezio isn't being paid to do a J. Leno stand up comedy. JohnG

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (39097)	2/9/2001 6:07:20 PM
From: Nevin S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Mike, Regarding this note from the cut/paste in your post which seems to speculate that Nortel's Clarify division consolidated its sales force recently into its switching division, "One of its three largest competitors by virtually anyone's definition no longer has a sales force dedicated to selling front office products (Vantive and Oracle being the other two)" First of all, I realize that these were not your comments. In any event, I have a friend that works for Nortel (formerly for Clarify before the merger) and he has told me a little about their sales re-org (as he works in this area - presales specifically). In his words, they have made changes so they can sell end-to-end solutions. I haven't asked him specifically, but I think this meant they were integrating sales of other software so they could offer a more complete package. Hope this helps.