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To: JFTRADERS who wrote (4518)	10/24/1998 11:41:00 AM
From: Baldwin	Respond to of 12623

Personally, I think a liason between CIEN & LU is ludicrous because of the following facts/opinions: 1. Timing of phone call 45 min b4 shareholders meeting to vote on TLAB/CIEN merger...to CIEN from AT&T stating T would not complete testing on 40-channel product in order to wait for LU's 80-channel vaporware (still) due out end of this year....and CIEN already shipping 80-channel unit at that point in time to other customers. 2. Even tho spun off, lotso relationships betw LU & AT&T, even occupying same buildings still housing R&D folks of BOTH companies (might suspicious). 3. LU's recent denial of suspicious email received by TLAB just before merger vote & forwarded to their legal dept...appeared to be from LU, but LU did INTERNAL study and determined not theirs (LOL). 4. CIEN & LU are competitors in optical networking arena. 5. LU and AT&T both would look foolish in any attempt to establish relationship with CIEN at this point (unless a hostile takeover??). 6. LU would be seen as weak, technologically speaking, if buying CIEN.....would be admitting they STILL can't get their act together on their 80-channel unit....and CIEN working on 96. That's probably enuf for now....LOL Go CIEN.....KICK BUTT!!!!!!!!!! Baldwin