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To: E.H.F. who wrote (164163)	2/16/2001 6:50:49 PM
From: Meathead	Respond to of 176387

Re: Security was blown with the rumors... Only to a very small degree is what I'm told. The large majority of those let go were shocked and not expecting it. I just found out a friend of mine in mid level management got the axe. He said the buzz around the RR campus based on the rumor was mostly just that... that it was most likely a rumor and even if it was true, it wouldn't happen to them. A lot of people were very surprised when they arrived for work Thursday morning. To that end, keeping it highly secretive internally helped to minimize any damage because I'm hearing that nobody was really prepared for this to go down. Although if it happens again, employees will be all the wiser and rumors like this will be taken much more seriously. As for containing leaks, Dell management is probably not naive enough to really believe that they can always effectively do that, and generally expect a certain probability that it will happen. In this case, I don't believe they purposely let the media know as a means to help soften the blow. Companies like Dell are loaded with loose lips but catching them can be very difficult. Maybe by sheer luck, whomever leaked (probably more than one) were cut loose in this round. MH