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(ASCEND) Lucent -=-> Ascend --> ? (fwd)
Once upon a time Jason Nealis shaped the electrons to say...
>So what do people think of the new rumors yet again of Lucent
>purchasing Ascend?
I really doubt it. The benefit would be the Cascade switches and GRF I
suppose. The MAXen aren't really important with the PortMaster they have.
Perhaps the low end - Pipelines and the like. But they could get similar
products buying smaller companies with a lower market cap - better value.
>If so, What wins ? TNT or PM4?
PM-4 hands down. The TNT isn't even in the same CLASS let alone on the same
lap. You know the TNT II is already in the works, the TNT is running out
or steam and looks sad next to a Pm-4, AS5800, CVX-1800, etc. On top of
that the PM-4 extensively uses Lucent silicon - HDLC, DSPs, etc. And they
are already working on incorporating ATM, Lucent's VOIP, OneVision management,
etc. The TNT is past its prime, the PM-4 has plenty of growth yet to come.
Even if we were talking apples to apples I still believe the PM-4 would win -
because of the Lucent HW and software integration. Lucent's consulting group
used MAXen - but they didn't buy Ascend, they bough Livingston. Livingston
used Lucent HW. Now Lucent is shifting to using PortMasters.
-MZ
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