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>> Nortel and Lucent were worth $200 some odd billion, around the time Cisco punched up to $600 billion.

This is really good to know. Nortel has a pretty significant presence here in Dallas, TX and I remember hearing stories that they were handing out brand new Porsches to new hires that signed on with them in the 90s. I never understood how much money it would take to see that kind of excess, but now I know.




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