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To: Clint E. who wrote (15985)	5/13/1998 1:53:00 PM
From: Johnny Canuck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 68211

Clint, Motorola's management has been very evasive the last couple of conference calls. I can't say I was impressed. On the semiconductor side. I noticed that they are concentrating on large corporate accounts only. We not longer even have an FAE in our area. There was a time when I associated MOT with good technical support, but being put on factory allocation for MC68HC11's a few years back and then losing our FAE, now I am a little reluctant to use their parts in my designs. Harry ************************************** MOTOROLA INC. (MOT) 55 +3 1/8. The stock of this semiconductor and cell phone maker continues to be helped by a takeover rumor, even though Siemens AG has denied interest in making a bid for the company. The stock got off to a fast start when rumors surfaced that Germany's electronic conglomerate had shown an interest in acquiring Motorola. Given the problems that Motorola has experienced the last couple of years in the semiconductor, and cellular and paging products front, investors have jumped all over this possible combination. In some analysts views, this union would make sense because Motorola does not have switch manufacturing capabilities to compete more effectively against fast growing Lucent Technologies (LU 72 15/16 -1/8), Swedish telephone equipment maker Ericsson (ERICY 54 15/16 -13/16), and Finnish conglomerate Nokia Corp. (NOK.A 68 7/8 -1). However, Siemens is quoted on the news tape as saying that they they are not going after Motorola and have no interest in pursuing a deal. This denial, however, has fallen on deaf ears as some investors are convinced that Motorola needs a partner with greater resources and know-how to allow Motorola to expand beyond its traditional role. And if not Siemens, then someone else like an Alcatel Alsthom (ALA 41 1/4 +9/16), the French supplier of telecommunications and multimedia equipment, is being mentioned as a possible partner. At this moment in time, given the price erosion that investors have experienced and the lack of any meaningful return to the heyday of double digit revenue and earnings growth, investors will take any excuse to push the stock higher.