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To: signist who wrote (6280)	12/7/1997 1:08:00 PM
From: signist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42804

Caution! Venting...Read at your own risk! Yesterday, I conducted some empirical Research prior to our Shareholder's Meeting by simply going to a Compusa to try to find any Trade Magazines that this company may be selling products. Unfortunately, here in California it has been raining Gig-a-buckets so this did limit my efforts. I will admit, I have little technical education in Networking but I do understand simple words like ONLY, MOST, FIRST, FASTEST and REVOLUTIONARY. Very impressive words to me but, obviously, not very impressive to Analysts, Bears and Stern ( not enough to get behind a company with products like these and give A PUBLIC statement supporting them), informed investors in Networking Sectors and to the dumb, retail investor(LIKE ME) Why? NOWHERE,NOWHERE,NOWHERE,NOWHERE,below WAS THERE A WORD ABOUT MRVC! Here, in my not so humble opinion, is the reason. They did promised to earmarket secondary money for marketing but did not mention a word about MARKETING MRVC! I'm talking shareholder interest here, not selling products in this case. I know selling product is in shareholder's interest. What does shareholder support mean to MRVC? In the 1997 Network Buyer's Guide I was able to locate a one page, color, ad FROM NBASE that stated : MeagSwitch II:The ONLY backbone switch to provide 10/100/1000 Ethernet and ATM on a single platform. MegaSwitch GX: The ONLY workgroup switch to provide 10/100/1000 Ethernet and ATM on a single platform. MegaSwitch G: The MOST cost effective 10/100 workgroup switch support for large Networks DirectIP tm Switch: The FIRST switch to provide IP routing functionality at switching performance. GigaHUB tm Switch: A Modular Enterprise system providing shared and switched solutions for all speeds and topologies (Token Ring, FDDI, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, and ATM). "Nbase has the FASTEST and the most innovative networking solutions: Our dual speed 10/100 Ethernet switch has become the industry's standard and the only one in the market to offer Gigabit Ethernet and ATM connectivity. Our fiber optic capabilities allow you to extend your Local Area Network beyond 100 km! And now, our REVOLUTIONARY DirectIP tm Switching brings switching performance to the world of routing. Also I found in the December 1997 edition of Network Magazine, on the back page, a full page, color ad that reads "THINKING BayStack tm 350T? THINK NBase NH2016. 16 Switched 10/100 Ports. Better Performance. Lower Price Also there was an ad from WEST HILLS LAN SYSTEMS selling NBASE products along side; 3com, Intel, Bay Networks, D-Link, Adtran, Cisco, Asend RETAIL John LoBianco