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To: kvkkc1 who wrote (53964)	7/9/2001 12:42:26 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

I personally don't think it fits the pattern of Cisco's past purchases. So I would bet that it is just an unsubstantiated rumor. There will inevitably be a lot of those types of rumors flying around in the coming years, because most people think the networking industry will do quite a bit of consolidating in that time frame. Anyway, I just can't see Cisco buying Marconi. Their businesses aren't really in any of Cisco's targeted market segments, where they anticipate high growth (e.g. storage networking, Metro optical, Multi-Unit networking, etc). So I wonder why this rumor even began. Strange.

To: kvkkc1 who wrote (53964)	7/9/2001 1:53:49 PM
From: MHA	Respond to of 77400

There is no "chemistry" match b/w the two companies, most importantly cultures don't match at all. -MHA