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To: Taby who wrote (51530)	8/4/1998 10:07:00 AM
From: Joseph Pareti	Respond to of 61433

>Anyway you look at it ASND is much more attractive now than >before the buying Strautus, oh really ? did you know about Stratus 2 weeks ago ? :-)

To: Taby who wrote (51530)	8/4/1998 10:24:00 AM
From: Peter Y. Hsing	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 61433

ASND just doing LU's bidding... Not all that familiar with SS7, but what are people's thoughts on the possibility that ASND is acquiring SRA b/c LU cannot yet do a pooling? Would LU want SRA's SS7 technology? That might explain why ASND/SRA is not a tight fit. LU acquiring ASND is almost a foregone conclusion, so maybe ASND essentially becomes LU's vehicle for acquisition prior to the formal link-up in October. It wouldn't necessarily surprise me if the ASND/SRA acquisition was really a move to cement an LU/SRA/ASND deal. If so, the question then becomes: What other companies does LU want, i.e., who's ASND going to acquire next (using de facto LU stock)?