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To: General Crude who wrote (10721)	3/4/1999 5:14:00 PM
From: john dodson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12559

I'm sure you won't get any resistance on this thread to the notion that FORE mgt should entertain offers. However, I suspect that FORE mgt is not yet sold on the idea. They seem to want the share price much higher before giving in, if they ever give in. -John

To: General Crude who wrote (10721)	3/4/1999 8:25:00 PM
From: john dodson	Respond to of 12559

From theStreet.com, a passing reference to FORE: Why are Xylan shareholders worried about Alcatel? The two stocks have different flavors: Xylan was a growth story, as well as a takeover candidate. By contrast, Alcatel appears the lumbering European giant trying to reinvent itself and appeal to value investors. Among networkers focused on corporations, Xylan is a nice catch. Last year, Xylan sales jumped 65% to $348 million and profits also roared 64% to $39 million, beating the growth rate of networker Fore Systems. But Xylan still commands far less respect than industry leader Cisco (CSCO:Nasdaq), which grew sales 37% to $10 billion in the four fiscal quarters ended in January. "I always have thought of Xylan as being the Rodney Dangerfield of networking," says Dave Passmore of the consulting firm NetReference.