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From: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Newsgroups: net.rumor,net.lan
Subject: Re: What is happening with Interlan?
Message-ID: <460@mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 23:53:35 EST
Article-I.D.: mcvax.460
Posted: Wed Feb 13 23:53:35 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 17-Feb-85 06:18:12 EST
References: <372@harvard.ARPA> <157@redwood.UUCP>
Reply-To: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis)
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Summary: 

In article <157@redwood.UUCP> rpw3@redwood.UUCP (Rob Warnock) writes:
 >+---------------
 >| A staff member called Interlan using a phone number from previously received
 >| literature. The phone rang, but no one answered. This number was tried several
 >| times over several days, same result...  Directory assistance replied that the
 >| "number is being with held by customer request".
 >| Does anyone know what is happening with Interlan?
 >| Marty Sasaki | Havard University Science Center | sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp}
   >+---------------
   >
   >I don't know if the following is relevant, but it's interesting anyway...
   >Electronic News, January 14, 1985, page 8:
   >
   >	>> Micom to Acquire Interlan for $47M <<
   >	CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- Micom Systems last week said it has agreed in
   >	principle to acquire Interlan, Westford, Mass., in a stock transaction
   >	estimated to be worth $47 million... March 1 target date... Micom
   >	Systems... makes data PBXs, multiplexers, modems, and LAN products...
   >	[Micom] and Interlan had sales of approx. $170M and $18M respectively
   >	in 1984.

First, a lot of Interlan sales blurbs and adds have a wrong phone number
printed.

Second, our distributor told that Interlan has just moved to a next
building, and the automatic answering device on the old number hasn't
been installed yet (This was local time 17.00, it is now 3.53).

Third, I was also told that Interlan has been taken over by Micom in search of
more capital, and Micom reason is that they want to do more then just plain
PBX's (wouldn't it be nice if you can connect your PBX to the
Ethernet, so that all existing investments and cables don't need to go
to /dev/null?). The Interlan products will still bear it's original
name and be an apart product line, still according to my the
distributor.

I'm sorry, that I can not give the phone number right now since it is
on my desk.

	Jaap Akkerhuis (mcvax!jaap)