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To: Peter Piper who wrote (35922)	2/23/1998 7:43:00 AM
From: FUZFO	Respond to of 61433

Futures up this morn S&P 500 MAR98 1044.50 +700 E-MINI MAR98 1044.75 +725 NSDQ100 MAR98 1172.50B +800

To: Peter Piper who wrote (35922)	2/23/1998 7:56:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 61433

Could this affect ASND as well? Worldcom owns UUNET which is a very big customer of ASND. I believe this to be different but am never sure. Glenn

To: Peter Piper who wrote (35922)	2/23/1998 8:47:00 AM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 61433

Can what affected CIEN also affect ASND? Since the big hit to Ciena was the fact that Worldcom is changing their purchasing from 2 year to just in time. Could this affect ASND as well? Worldcom owns UUNET which is a very big customer of ASND. Peter, Excellent point. Just-in-time ordering should impact all WCOM suppliers, and if the corporate dictate applies to UUNET (a 10% customer of ASND), it would clearly have an impact. I wonder if that is one reason why ASND's RAS line is flat? As the answer is unclear, this is an important question to ask of ASND IR. I will do so when I call, and I hope someone esle will make the same inquiry. Gary Korn