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Technology Stocks : Cabletron Systems (CS: NYSE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (5175)	10/8/1998 1:19:00 PM
From: James Logajan	Respond to of 8358

Some questions and observations on CS staffing: Anyone know more about the sale of shares to Nobuo Kamata, CEO of Soliton Systems, mentioned in the SEC filing: www4.edgar-online.com The company's home page appears to be: soliton.co.jp Is this a prelude to a purchase by Cabletron, or is this a purchase that is already done, or none of the above? Not sure if CS has much presence in asia beyond sales offices; maybe CS is trying to expand there when it is cheapest? Soliton seems to be a design only firm; no manufacturing facilities of its own. I also noticed on cabletron.com that top-center of their page, the Hot News is employment opportunities! Just a couple weeks ago there was mentioned a possible hiring freeze; obviously not consistent with employment as hot news. Finally, on a related note, with Cisco price sliding, likely many employee stock options will go under water for a while unless Cisco re-prices them. In the mean time it will likely hurt morale because employees are probably used to seeing Cisco stock price only go up. I would think that would help CS compete on hiring, particularly in the silicon valley area.