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To: The Phoenix who wrote (24473)	4/18/1999 12:12:00 AM
From: Techplayer	Respond to of 77397

Gary, My question is who controls the board? Do the founders and LU (or any of the other original investors, including VC's) have enough clout to vote to accept an acquisition? If so, the vc's, founders and the winning investor all vote for the merger at a price higher than that expected in an IPO. These interested parties walk away winners, the other investors fear the future. So, does this need to be unanimous? Brian

To: The Phoenix who wrote (24473)	4/19/1999 11:28:00 PM
From: The Phoenix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77397

To All. Something from the really amusing department.... Shhhhh don't tell anyone. Stumbled on this... gem... zdnet.com A high-level Cisco Systems exec writes to say he was doing some reconnaissance surfing on Lucent Technologies' Web site when he stumbled across a chart that showed voice traffic staying fairly linear, but data traffic growing along the well-known hockey stick curve in the next few years. The kicker is that it looks identical to a chart on Cisco's Web site - posted about a year ago. "I guess that's what they mean by 'Bell Labs innovations,' " he snipes. Unbelievable really...... OG