[IP] Re: Nortel files for bankruptcy

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Randall Webmail <rvh40@insightbb.com>
Date: January 14, 2009 8:04:49 PM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:      Nortel files for bankruptcy

From: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 17:27
Subject: [IP] Re:      Nortel files for bankruptcy
To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com>

> It was a open secret that Huawei wanted to buy Nortel but was
> warned  that the US Government would refuse to do business with any
> network operator with Huawei gear in their core network. The Huawei  
> deal to acquire
> 3Com with Bain Capital died specifically for that reason.

And yet the news late last year from the US DoD - Chinese-made  
Integrated Circuits are in all sorts of DoD equipment (according to  
the reports, also in "Sensitive" devices!)

No big deal though - we can trust the Chinese, right?   A little  
melamine never hurt anybody - did it?




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