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To: craig crawford who wrote (17011)	6/6/1998 2:59:00 AM
From: blankmind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

COMS must be suffering asian declines as well. - craig i am positive that coms has suffered in asia as other companies have, but the v90 standard will have added revenue as well as being in control of the sales channel. europe should be able to compensate for the asian losses. coms should be able to reach the number, a very reduced number. I see COMS going down, at least one more time. with networking sector abuzz in takeovers and rumors, combined with coms not warning (albeit the false rumor), coms has little chance of seeing 25 before 32, as volume and confidence returns.

To: craig crawford who wrote (17011)	6/6/1998 3:02:00 AM
From: blankmind	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 45548

3 more reasons coms should rise (thanks to chris) 1. CSCO has 10x market cap yet only 2x sales over COMS. 2. ASND has 1x market cap yet only x/4 sales. 3. BAY is about 3x/4 market cap yet has negative earnings unlike COMS which has remained positive.

To: craig crawford who wrote (17011)	6/6/1998 9:16:00 PM
From: blankmind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

see highlighted 3Com offers choice of ATM or Gigabit Ethernet By Jodi Cohen Network World, 6/16/97 Santa Clara, Calif. - With its new autosensing 10M/100M bit/sec Ethernet switch, 3Com Corp. is not taking sides on the ATM vs. Gigabit Ethernet battle. The internetwork vendor last week rolled out its first dual-speed Ethernet stackable switch, which offers high-speed uplink modules for ATM or Gigabit Ethernet backbone connections. 3Com may be a bit late to the party, with Bay Networks, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Cabletron Systems, Inc. and NBase Communications already delivering switches that can autonegotiate between 10M and 100M bit/sec speeds in half- or full-duplex mode. But only 3Com's new SuperStack II Switch 3000 10/100 device provides migration options to ATM and Gigabit Ethernet, analysts said. ''3Com is doing a really smart thing by telling customers that they can buy this SuperStack box now - even if they're running at just 10/100 speeds - and when they want to move to Gigabit Ethernet later, it's no problem,'' said John Armstrong, principal network analyst at Dataquest, Inc. in San Jose, Calif. ''I don't know of any other vendor that's offering that.'' Armstrong said the box's biggest benefit is that ''it's a safe buy'' for customers not quite sure which high-speed LAN technology they will choose, but who will likely need to upgrade to ATM or Gigabit Ethernet in the future. The 12-port SuperStack II Switch 3000 10/100 can provide Ethernet or Fast Ethernet links to desktops or aggregate 10M/ 100M bit/sec workgroup connections to 1G bit/sec switches at the network core. The devices can be stacked up to eight units high. The switch builds on 3Com's family of stackables, including the 24-port Switch 1000 Ethernet switch and eight-port Switch 3000 TX 100M bit/sec Ethernet switch. 3Com's new switch supports more than 8,000 media access control addresses and provides broadcast traffic control, virtual LAN support and Remote Monitoring on every port. In addition, the switch supports 3Com's TranscendWare software, which allows users to manage the device by defining policies, said Charles Gallagher, Fast Ethernet workgroup switch product-line manager at 3Com. 3Com: (408) 764-5000