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To: BirdDog who wrote (9386)	10/31/2001 4:31:44 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 10934

Press Release SOURCE: Network Appliance, Inc. ADVISORY/Network Appliance CEO Presents at Prudential Securities Technology Conference in New York -0- *T (BUSINESS WIRE)-- What: Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP - news) CEO Dan Warmenhoven will participate in the Prudential Securities Technology Conference in New York, NY. Mr. Warmenhoven's presentation will be available on the Prudential Securities public website at www.prufn.com and can also be accessed at: customer.nvglb.com speaker=A169B166F155A151O161U155N168Y105M108W. When: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 at 1:35 p.m. EST. Where: Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York, NY. Network Appliance Network Appliance, Inc., a leader in network storage and content delivery, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100 index. Major corporations and service providers, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp(R) solutions. The company pioneered the concept of the "network appliance," an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. NetApp storage and content delivery platforms (filers and NetCache(TM) appliances) are coupled with powerful content distribution and reporting software. This Center-to-Edge solution offers seamless data management from the back-end data center to the edge of the network quickly, simply, and reliably. The Network Appliance product portfolio utilizes the company's innovative data access software, known as the Data ONTAP(TM) operating system, as well as standards-compliant hardware. It also offers multiprotocol support and transparent integration for UNIX(R) and Windows(R) environments. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Network Appliance, Inc. Billie Fagenstrom, 408/822-6428 billief@netapp.com biz.yahoo.com

To: BirdDog who wrote (9386)	10/31/2001 7:43:37 AM
From: riposte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

re: "TOTAL STORAGE SOLUTIONS" Yes, ntap should be viewed as a new young upstart in SAN. NetApp is in the NAS niche, not SAN. . NTAP can link every type of storage you have together to form one big manageable storage system. Really? Can NetApp link NAS to all SANs, an tape drives, and CD-ROM towers? What software do they have that provides these services?

To: BirdDog who wrote (9386)	10/31/2001 10:30:25 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10934

I've read a number of DS's posts, and other similar stuff, in an attempt to understand the underlying technology, and get in front of the trend. But I know my limitations. I am not competent to evaluate the technology. I am certainly not competent to try and pick the winning technology. In fact, looking back over the last few years, I can cite examples all day, of experts, people who live and breathe tech 24/7, who have made colossal mistakes, betting on the wrong technology. Mistakes that have cost them and their companies billions, and in some cases, tens of billions, of dollars. So, I'm skeptical that even people much more competent than me, who spend far more time following the technology than I am willing to, are able to pick winning technologies in advance. So, I will not invest in a company, when your type of certainty is in the stock. Because that degree of certainty so, so often comes to grief. If your scenario happens, great, I'm on board. But, if it doesn't happen, I've gotten in at a low enough cost (I think and hope), that I'll still have a decent investment. We'll see. Beware of Great Ideas, transforming technologies, and Amazing Concepts. Mostly, they aren't.