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To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (43046)	5/20/1999 9:33:00 AM
From: D.Austin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

yes d.a.

To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (43046)	5/20/1999 10:02:00 AM
From: David D.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90042

Jane....FCM Buyout? Haven't seen you over at Tokyo's in a while. You avoiding the place? There's rumors floating around over at the FCM thead that FCM is going to be bought out for $500Million - $750Million. Have you heard anything? Here's some info.... Take care David D. To: Seth L. (417 ) From: Sharewatcher from Ireland Thursday, May 20 1999 2:17AM ET Reply # of 428 PURELY CONJECTURE AND SUPPOSITION. THIS WHOLE POST IS A FIGMENT OF MY IMAGINATION!!! CAVEAT EMTOR!!!!! I posed a hypothesis! That FCM would be bought out for around that sum! By a European buyer! Short to medium term...1-3 months...with very slow price appreciation to $4 1/2 before announcement. If this does'nt happen I shudder to think the size of the order that will be placed on FCM. Think of it this way "We want to buy your IP telephony product, but the order we want to place is so big, that we know you will have difficulty supporting it if your market cap and share price is anything to go by. Why not let us buy into your company and then the problem dissappears" Pretty typical of what the Olivetti-Italy Telecom alliance (for example) might say to someone they really liked!...Feared? Purely conjecture of course, but FCM's product is unique, and the EUROS dont have this tech, they saw it at HANNOVER and scared the shit out of FCM, so good was their reaction. We may see the result sooner than later!!! IP is a real and present threat to established EURO telco players and they have to buy in and soon!!! JMHO.....But I am usually never too far off the mark!! The IrishConjecturist!!!