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To: djane who wrote (603)8/10/1998 10:48:00 AM
From: w2j2  Respond to of 14638
 
djane, I agree, this is Chamber's propaganda. If he can generate Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) it will scare investors and customers to Cisco. Mergers CAN go well, as you said. Ascend-Cascade has been a gem. So will Bay-Nortel. It all depends on whether management has the guts to stop the rivalries. David House does, and will. He certainly did at Bay. IMHO wj



To: djane who wrote (603)8/10/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: Sawtooth  Respond to of 14638
 
<<Mr. Chambers ..... believes Lucent and NorTel are ill-equipped
to compete in the technology marketplace of the future that Cisco is
targeting>>

...snip!...Bwaaahahahaahaahahaha!...heeheehee!!!...Wa,haa,haa!...oh my, oh my, that's hilarious, that is so funny...haha!...hand me a kleenex, will ya?...ho,ho,heehee!!!...that is sooooo funny...!!!...snip!...

You're right, Djane; it certainly is no less than an absurd statement. Simply bizarre! ; )



To: djane who wrote (603)8/10/1998 12:22:00 PM
From: Sawtooth  Respond to of 14638
 
Djane: Not to add confusion to the absurdity of Chamber's statement but I should have put the "...snips!..." around the article excerpt instead of my reaction at:

Message 5456842.

Must of been the tears in my eyes that caused the error <ggg>. As an investor in CSCO (as well as LU) I chalk the statement up to the usual PR. Thanks for posting the article. ...Tim ; )