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To: Harold S. Kirby who wrote (30372)	4/29/1999 10:37:00 AM
From: David Harker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

Well, CIO's often are working on implementing new info systems, etc on development cycles that are completely independent of the rest of the company. The technical/systems challenges of these projects are often the main factor in making a CIO job attractive (from surveys, etc in ComputerWorld ("The newspaper for IT leaders" per its byline). So, it may be that the COMS CIO left for reasons that relate the amount of interesting work to be done at his new job vs. his old job at 3Com. It's not like he's moving to a better company - he left Dell to move to 3Com, which I think re-inforces my hypothesis that the prospects of the company are not the primary factor here - or else he would have never left Dell (not if he had any brains, anyway). (I own far more Dell than I do coms). FWIW...

To: Harold S. Kirby who wrote (30372)	4/29/1999 11:04:00 AM
From: gfr fan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

<< Neil: Well....let's see, about a month ago didn't an exec. in marketing resign...now we have his info exec resigning? A picture on the canvas seems to be forming...who/what is coming next? I could be correct...Benhamou giving his cadre time to locate new positions elsewhere prior to his resignation or...it could be possible that they see no future for themselves if 3com is bought out..."new owner wants his own people" in key positions. If this continues...then it looks like a major restructuring of mgmt will occur...regardless!>> Harold - Tom Thomas is taking the CEO and Chairman's job at Vanatage - not a bad bump up for a CIO and you can't fault him. He is extremely well respected both inside and outside 3Com.