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To: Daniel G. DeBusschere who wrote (6819)3/19/1999 3:26:00 PM
From: still learning  Respond to of 12623
 
No. this was in response to a direct question at the time of the TLAB fiasco. CSCO outright said, we're not going to buy CIEN right now, putting to rest the rival bidder theory.

Things may cahge or may have changed, but Chambers was very clear at the time and it wasn't just a negotiating ploy.