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To: nihil who wrote (20852)	1/16/1999 12:03:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77397

Nihil, >>>If LU still retains enough T-kultur, it can do T-holders a favor when they eventually spin off the stinking, bloody ASND hulk after everyone has quit.<<< Whoa! It's not as though this was an unfriendly takeover, was it. Still, I agree with your culture difference can be a big problem premise. So, have LU and ASND done much in the area of joint development or alliance work in the past? Mergers have a far better chance of working if troops, many troops at all levels, from the companies have rolled up their sleeves and worked together on key, major projects, over a considerable period of time (years). Your T, NCR failure is a good example. How about IBM and Rolm, or IBM and Lotus? Tony

To: nihil who wrote (20852)	1/16/1999 9:05:00 PM
From: Gemini	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77397

Investors Business Daily recently had an article about Lucent's challenges going forward with respect to its Murray Hill, N.J. culture blending with Silicon Valley Ascend's business practices. The bottom line is that many of Ascend's top technological experts will leave to go to Cisco for a variety of reasons if they deem the above marriage will be less than successful for them personally. The article also mentioned that many of Cisco's long term secretaries are millionaires due to their stock options, which I found very interesting. Long in Cisco and Lucent, Allan