Just talked to a CEO in Fremont that knows Daichendt very well from Cisco and socially. He had not seen the story and I sent him the link. He was flabbergasted at the fact that Gary wanted the CEO job, let alone how he alledgedly asked for it. He said Gary has incredible political astuteness and that to do something like this would be so out of character as to be unbelievable. His thoughts (and probably most folks in the Valley with him) when he (they) heard Daichendt left Nortel were that there was something horribly wroing at Nortel still, either financially or culturally such that any strategy would not work out. Interesting POV from the Valley. Also interesting that it did not make the news down there...