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To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (13874)	1/26/1998 4:44:00 PM
From: ilan saadia	Respond to of 29386

I thought Digital had an OEM with brocade, though I hope Im wrong.

To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (13874)	1/26/1998 5:31:00 PM
From: Patrick Sharkey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

A friend at DEC told me that he would be very surprised if DEC decided to sole source a switch product, while also saying that it was very unclear how much of the market DEC was going to penetrate. Why would Compaq decide to accept whatever DEC's conclusions were, particularly since the decision about Brocade was the end result of a process that very likely started far earlier than the availability of the MKII for evaluation? Seems like a jump ball to me. . . .

To: GuinnessGuy who wrote (13874)	1/26/1998 6:47:00 PM
From: Craig Stevenson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29386

Craig S2, Brocade announced a "technology agreement" with DEC on November 3, 1997. Now that I read the announcement again, it isn't really clear that it is an OEM agreement. This would be consistent with Patrick's friend's belief that DEC won't single source a switch. I had pretty much written them off, but I might have to reconsider. Brocade's announcements are here: brocadecomm.com It is becoming obvious that Compaq intends to become a player in the enterprise space, given their acquisitions of Tandem and DEC. It will be interesting to watch what they do with Fibre Channel as they move beyond hubs. Craig