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Scratch My Back: Page 2 of 9

— Stymied Wall Street Guy

Dear Stymied,

I must admit, it's hard for me to have sympathy for you. If you didn't box these public companies into thinking only in terms of quarter-by-quarter results, they might be more open to talking about their plans and less petrified of how you will react to them. But I get your drift. Joe is dragging this one out. Last time he and I had a chin-wag, he said he was willing to pay decent money for good value... nice lingo, no? So does that mean EMC is ready to go in for Legato Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTO)? My furry forest sources say it could happen as soon as next week. Stay tuned.

Dear Bob the Beaver,

There's supposedly a high-availability issue with the clock module in the Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) MDS 9000 switches. What's the deal?