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centthoughts — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:28:21 -0000

Good one Mark! You almost had me until I got to the part of Nortel employees receiving a RAZR or ROKR phone.

But then again, you never know....

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ex-nt — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:39:36 -0000

for a moment I almost leaped up in joy.

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joe — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:51:59 -0000

i was so excited MZ and his GE cronies would finally go away...what a shame

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happily remaried — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:29:53 -0000

You know what, if this was actually true i wouldn't be surprised.
When Owens visited all major NT campuses and told us repeatedly that he is not a temporary CEO people called me a cynic because i didn't believe him.
You don't expect a talented young man like Mike Z to stick around forever do you? I think if he isn't successful at selling the place in the next couple of years he will have to move on either way.

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Disappointed April Fool — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:26:18 -0000

awww it was all a joke? how disappointing!! I thought this posting had something to do with NT rising 9% today ;)

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Not An Accountant — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:30:36 -0000

People are way too tense......Plenty of hints there.....He even resurrected Daichendt for Christ's sake.....Go fishing and relax.

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BeenThereDunnThat — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:24:41 -0000

Very well Dunn!

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Un-Concerned — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:06:07 -0000

...and judging from the activity, one of the business days for buzzboard in recent memory...

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Un-Concerned — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:49:57 -0000

Touché. This is what a good April Fool's joke should be!

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Concerned — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:48:53 -0000

Mark-

Thanks for the addition of the last line. NOW this is funny as heck.

The problem is that the whole story (and the comments from Bo - who I hear is looking into a Sunglass Hut franchise in Topeka, KS) never made it to my Google alert. PANIC - RED ALERT! You get the picture. I do have a great funnybone, but there are a lot of hard working tense people out there that were caught off guard. Some will say this is the making of a good April Fool's joke, and I agree. As I stated earlier, the last line now makes this hillarious and appropriate.

Fool me once, shame on me!

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BoGowan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:51:20 -0000

Hey Mark - I heard you have some news to talk about regarding a move of your own:

http://blogs.nortel.com/buzzboard

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many — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:47:55 -0000

I looked at the stock price up 7%, and thought perhaps it was plausable. :)

In retrospect, a more beliveable story would have been if Zafirofski had been run over by an irate shareholder.

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Un-Concerned — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:05:08 -0000

Oh grow a funny bone, Concerned.

Motorola is going to buy back Mike Z using its warehouses of unsold RAZR and ROKR phones as currency? They are almost as worthless as Nortel stock...

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buckpost — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:04:37 -0000

Fair enough but I thought the ROKR and RAZR compensation would be enough.

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Concerned — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:51:32 -0000

Poor taste my friend. A final line of "Happy April 1st" would have made this approprite. Not everyone reading is in tough with the 'clues' you dropped in there proving this was a joke.

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buckpost — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:22:11 -0000

Bo,

Thanks for the clarification. If you can't write something like this on April 1, when can you do it!

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BoGowan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:11:58 -0000

Ah Mark, always stirring up trouble.

For the record, Mike Z is 100% dedicated to Nortel's transformation, and isn't going to Motorola or anywhere else.

I can also confirm that Gary Daichendt isn't returning to Nortel, and that there are definitely no plans to grant you an exclusive one-on-one interview with Mike Z :)

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mark — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:05:23 -0000

good one ;-> had this been March 1st, I would of bitten

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Roger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:42:05 -0000

This is April 1st anything can happen

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CiscoFan — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:19:11 -0000

"Nortel employees will receive their choice of a RAZR or a ROKR phone from Motorola." Sounds accurate. Nortel is always the fist-ee instead of being the fist-er.

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buckpost — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:15:54 -0000

I hear Bill Owens has time on his hands as well. :)

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Nortel_will_survive — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:05:36 -0000

Your buddies in the Death To Nortel gang will love you for this post. Funny though. I guess that Frank Dunn will come back as CFO too ;-)

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April Fool — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:03:41 -0000

Nice one! Almost had me...