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To: w2j2 who wrote (29344)	8/8/2005 11:28:24 AM
From: Greg Hull	Respond to of 29386

Walter, Wasn't Ancor #1 in FC LAN switching? I'll be more impressed if QLGC is still #1 in blade FC switches when the majority of FC ports shipped are in blades. I haven't been by the old Ancor facility in Eden Prairie in a long time. I wonder if there is still a facility there pumping out FC switch designs. Greg

To: w2j2 who wrote (29344)	8/8/2005 12:01:59 PM
From: George Dawson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

"On the other hand, our timing could have been better!" That is for sure. Hard to believe how long I have been posting to this board. We have come a long way and certainly dodged a bullet when Ancor was acquired. On the other hand this bit of news says something about management vs the naysayers on the acquisition. Blades and embedded switches is what the big players want as compared to standalone switches and directors. The stackable switches are also a plus with no bandwidth lost to interswitch connections. The iSCSI product with IBM is also of interest. The Q seems to have several strategies going at this time to support a storage market that is projected to continue to grow. George D.