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To: Sam Citron who wrote (4095)	10/7/1998 1:31:00 PM
From: deke leatherman	Respond to of 12623

Yes- good analysis (excepting the TLab offer - but who can predict who the purchaser will or will not be). I too think that the best for cien & shareholders will be a buy out. Buyer will probably be able to purchase < 8.

To: Sam Citron who wrote (4095)	10/7/1998 2:17:00 PM
From: put2rich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12623

Sam, Problem is who can withstand huge loss from shorting at 30+ to 90 then wait till now. I did short too early and got burned, but I did not follow cien at 80-90 or I would have shorted if I had any pennies left. Wow in 1 year we learned both the pain in bull/bear markets.

To: Sam Citron who wrote (4095)	10/7/1998 6:00:00 PM
From: Daniel G. DeBusschere	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12623

Sam- Good post from the past. However, the Venture Capitalists and Nettles did not cash out. The VC chairman of the board, Jon Bayless is buying as much as he can at these levels. The VCs are looking at CIEN as a "mezanine" investment with much better upside potential than downside. If the world goes into a complete depression, bets are off; however, I like the upside potential. LU is not going to get everything that moves. There is a lot of non Telco buyers that will buy CIEN product. Some of the Telco buyers will select second sources just to keep LU and NT honest. Best wishes Dan