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To: pat mudge who wrote (9030)	1/13/1999 2:27:00 PM
From: Dennis R. Duke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18016

Any chance NN has been holding the G1 announcement as a card to be played with the ANSD/LU announcement? Or am I just dreaming that that would be great fun for us longs? Somebody got very excited and pushed the price to $39 for some reason. Just trying to think of what might cause that to be a limited event. An in-house broker squwak box announcement is my guess. But that would be followed by recommendations and upgrades...oh dread!!! ;-) Later, (-8 Dennis 8-)

To: pat mudge who wrote (9030)	1/13/1999 3:22:00 PM
From: Thomas Scharf	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18016

I disagree with the current wisdom that says NN must be taken over by some big telecom player in order to succeed in the long term. Building telecommunications & data networks is a systems integration problem. Inevitably, equipment from many different vendors has to be thrown into the mix. NN equipment has great inter-operability and the RBOC's can buy it without feeling that they are helping a potential competitor. From that point of view, the LU/ASND merger is positive for NN. A point that I have made many times before: Would you rather have a quick 50% gain today on an NN take-over, or would you rather own an investment that will continue to grow at 30%(probably more) per year for the next 5 years? I choose option #2. The hiring of Alan Lutz and the changes he has made only reinforce my belief in NN as a great stand-alone investment. NN is a pure play on what will be the one of the fastest growing segments of the networking infrastructure market. I want to let my bet ride.