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To: Kerry Lee who wrote (18546)	10/13/1998 6:19:00 AM
From: Madharry	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

Hi guys-I haven't been here in quite awhile. I wanted to know if you any opinions about MRVC: its products etc. MRVC is selling for about 1X sales and has lots of cash and working capital. Is it a competitor of Anchor?

To: Kerry Lee who wrote (18546)	10/13/1998 7:45:00 AM
From: Craig Stevenson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

Kerry, <<Who/what/why buy this product ( 3 ports) at this price :>> I never did understand who would buy it, especially considering the price. I suppose if a company was already using Gadzoox hubs, and wanted to gain some performance and scalability using Gadzoox equipment, they might choose this route. Craig

To: Kerry Lee who wrote (18546)	10/13/1998 1:18:00 PM
From: KJ. Moy	Respond to of 29386

Kerry, End users would buy this 3-port switch from Gadzooz to bridge FC_ALs together. Its upper limit is 3 loops with number of devices 3x126=378 per switch. It can be cascaded together to have up to 32,000 nodes theoretically . It didn't say, however, if it can handle both private and public loops. Its price was outrageous back in 1st Q of 1998, $12,250 per switch, $4,083 per port. Has their price come down lately? Ancor's MKII-8 ports would blow them away with features and price point. KJ