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To: Paul Engel who wrote (64897)	9/16/1998 4:40:00 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul, >>>Intel is a good company but turning around a huge 3COM is not a slam dunk.<<< I would have thought you think your old boss could walk on water, if he wanted to. I do. Mary

To: Paul Engel who wrote (64897)	9/16/1998 6:09:00 PM
From: greg s	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul E. & Mary C: Re:3COM being swallowed by Intel It is interesting to see what Intel would be acquiring besides >13,200 employees in worldwide operations (IF they were to acquire 3COM). Look what the medium-sized fish (3COM) has been swallowing: 3com.com Company - Product/Technology - Date - Value U.S. Robotics - Modems and remote access systems - 6/97 - $8.5B OnStream Networks - ATM/broadband WAN - 10/96 - $245M Axon - Remote network management software: RMON - 3/96 - $65M Chipcom - Chassis hubs and switches - 10/95 - $775M Primary Access - Remote access systems - 6/95 - $170M Sonix Communications - ISDN internetworking - 5/95 - $70M AccessWorks - ISDN modems - 2/95 - not disclosed NiceCom - ATM switches - 10/94 - $58.5M Centrum - Remote access servers - 2/94 - $36M Synernetics - Data center switching - 12/93 - $104M Star-Tek - Token Ring hubs; network management - 1/93 - $56M BICC - Data Networks Hubs - 1/92 - $25M Greg.