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Technology Stocks : TLAB info? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bong Lewis who wrote (2527)	6/3/1998 8:01:00 PM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7342

<< craig, i wished that I could have kept cien till today >> Me too. I wasn't long CIEN going into the merger announcement. I guess the only consolation is that I sold my TLAB a couple weeks ago a tick below 70, so I got to scoop it up (via CIEN) cheaper today. << however, do you think it is expensive to pay 7bil for a 600mil in rev company? >> Nope. << do you think the mergers will work out smoothly not like coms, asnd and bay in the past. most of those companies including cpq has been beaten shortly after their mergers >> I think the merger will fare better than those that you listed. There is risk however, so I will buy some now and reserve some for later if the street doesn't react all that well. You know what I would really like? To see C$CO make a competing bid for CIEN, boosting the shares so I could sell, and then buy TLAB back on the cheap. Maybe C$CO will go down if they do that and I can buy them on the cheap too. The bottom line? CIEN, C$CO, and TLAB are all companies that I want to buy on the cheap! Whatever combination gives me a 10-15% discount excites me.