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To: Thomas M. who wrote (13771)	5/1/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77400

And don't forget: "My biggest concern is that [AT&T] cannot predict the zillion different reasons that might create a message loop in the future,'' said Christine Heckart, vice president of telecom consultancy TeleChoice Inc. "That's a Cisco problem.'' Many properly blame AT&T procedures, but the fact is that CSCO put out faulty, untested, code. Bill

To: Thomas M. who wrote (13771)	5/1/1998 12:18:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 77400

The market appears to be yelling that FORE may be in the running as LU's bride, leaving the two ugly bridesmaids of networking, ASND & BAY, set for big declines. Especially ASND, which is way inflated by takeover speculation - wasn't it Forbes that stated that ASND has earned a reputation for unreliable products?

To: Thomas M. who wrote (13771)	5/2/1998 1:13:00 AM
From: The Phoenix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Thomas, First, your comment about Cisco customers (being idiots) is completely unwarranted, but I'll let it go considering your age. In the future try to keep your comments to the issue without "dissing" customers or personalities. I for one would appreciate it. No doubt Cisco is partly to blame for the AT&T failure. They admitted it and reacted better than any company I've ever seen. The fact is, equipment fails. AT&T's network is pushing the envelope as this is the largest frame relay network in the world. Mistakes happen, and equipment is being placed into service in environments where no one really know's what the limits are (you can't test for everything and you certainly can't set up a test network as large as AT&T's). Every company in the industry has or will have a major failure. What separates the wheat from the chaff (sp?) is how the faulty companies react. AT&T and Cisco have set the template for how it should be done. I don't think it can be done better. So, are you arguing that no equipment should ever fail? You've never experienced a telecom equiment failure? Gary