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To: Mang Cheng who wrote (15415)	5/5/1998 10:19:00 AM
From: joe	Respond to of 45548

Mang, >> 3com's 10Q for the third qtr, well-formatted and tons of details << Thanks for reminder, will try to take a detailed look later as time permits. >>"The company believes it has meritorious defense to the claims and intends to contest the lawsuits vigoriously"<< Yes, I belive that they have a good case. I'm not an expert in law or accounting, but from what I understand, there was nothing outright illegal done (even though it looked like SEC pressured them to somewhat redo previous financial statemtents). Plus, as we have sort of touched on in this thread, it's very possible COMS was stuck inbetween a rock and a hard spot with the modem problems... As out esteemed Mr. D.Lawrence has said, "it's water under the bridge". All, this has been factored into the stock price. We need to be looking forward to the great potential in the future and making sure that Eric B. and COMS execute - which I am banking on. Joe

To: Mang Cheng who wrote (15415)	5/5/1998 10:27:00 AM
From: joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Mang, Seems like this morning, the market's problems are the interest rate hikes in Europe. Seems like the French have stirred the pot very viciously, and I hope they don't derail the EU/currencey rates/interest rates balance. The head of IMF has suggested that the FED raise rates ASAP - I will be one pissed off MF if Greenspan raises because of the EU flap and IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus. The only good thing, after some extreme volitility is that inflation will be 0.0% after Asia has to devalue some more. The market doesn't need all this BS. But, COMS is still in the green!! Joe

To: Mang Cheng who wrote (15415)	5/5/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: joe	Respond to of 45548

Some good news for higher end NICs --------------------------------------------------------------- IP Metrics Announces NIC Express; New Load Balancing Software for Network Adapters Dramatically Improves Server Reliability and Performance BusinessWire, Tuesday, May 05, 1998 at 09:38 EULESS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1998--IP Metrics Software, a startup formed to develop bandwidth management software for PC networks, today introduced NIC Express, a load balancing software solution for network interface cards. "NIC Express improves the fault-tolerance and performance of Windows NT network servers," said David Wilbanks, president, CEO and co-founder of IP Metrics. "Our software allows customers to load balance network traffic across two or more NICs, thereby eliminating the NIC as a potential point of server failure and increasing the amount of data that can be pumped through the network interface." "Our network adapter load balancing technology provides customers superior reliability, manageability and performance," said Brett Dolecheck, CTO and co-founder of IP Metrics. "We look forward to bringing this advanced functionality to market." NIC Express Improves Server Availability and Fault Tolerance with Dynamic Failover NIC Express ensures high server availability by creating a failsafe connection across multiple NICs in its array. If any one NIC fails, it will be taken out of the array and the other cards will share the redistributed load without loss of data or network connection. NIC Express manages the failover in under one second, and will automatically reinitialize a port when it comes back on line or is replaced. NIC Express Improves Server Performance For many high-bandwidth environments, such as electronic commerce web servers or application servers, the network interface card represents a significant performance bottleneck. NIC Express allows network managers to scale performance up to near gigabit Ethernet speeds by distributing traffic across multiple Ethernet network adapters. The software assigns connections to different adapters as users log into the server. This effectively increases bandwidth by a factor equal to the number of adapter ports in the server. To the server and end users, the multiple adapters appear as a single network interface, only with improved response times. NIC Express Provides Complete Manageability NIC Express provides robust manageability through its support of five levels of SNMP alerts, and can be remotely monitored via leading network management platforms such as Computer Associates' (NASDAQ:CA) CA Unicenter, Hewlett Packard's (NYSE:HWP) OpenView and IBM's Tivoli Management Environment. In addition to SNMP alerting, NIC Express features a simple interface from which network administrators can easily monitor NIC performance, either on a per port basis or across the entire array. NIC Express Easily Integrates into Most Network Environments NIC Express is easy to install and provides network administrators flexible configuration options. Administrators can create a single array of multiple adapter ports or can create multiple NIC arrays by segmenting the arrays to different network switches. The number of NIC cards that NIC Express can support is limited only by the number of slots, ports and PCI buses in the server. NIC Express supports Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet, and supports multiple protocols such as IP, IPX and NetBEUI. In addition to supporting Intel-based Windows NT servers, NIC Express also supports DEC Alpha NT servers. NIC Express supports all leading network interface cards, including those manufactured by SMC, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), 3COM (NASDAQ:COMS), Adaptec (NASDAQ:ADPT), Asante (NASDAQ:ASNT), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Compaq (NYSE:CPQ), Proteon (NASDAQ:PTON), Matrox and Linksys. Pricing, Availability and Support NIC Express is now shipping and is priced at $195.00. NIC Express is available for free 30-day evaluations from IP Metrics' web site. IP Metrics' web site also contains two technical white papers designed to help network professionals architect their servers for maximum performance and reliability. About IP Metrics Software Founded in 1997, IP Metrics Software, Inc. is a privately held developer of bandwidth management software for high-availability network environments. The Company's products help customers maximize the performance, reliability and security of their network data traffic. IP Metrics utilizes a multi-channel distribution strategy comprised of OEM partnerships, Internet sales, and distribution relationships through a network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators and VARs. The company is located at 416 North Main St., Suite 233, Euless, Texas 76039, and can be reached by phone at 817.358.1007, by fax at 817.358.1026 or via the Internet at ipmetrics.com.