Are you replying to me Ben? I am not quite sure if you are refering to my on topic post about the new COO as a character assault or if you are refering to the off topic character assault that was made against me by the new poster. In regards to the new COO appointment I was only reiterating the observations that were made by business news services. As you well know there are people who will go to any lengths to put down anything that I might say about the company whether it is positive or negative. Inventing new aliases would not be out of the question for them. Please specify. I would also prefer to take it private including this reply to you but as I do not subscribe to the premium service I am unable to do so. All I have ever expected here is fair treatment when it comes to discussions or observations about Nortel. I do not wish it to degenerate into what has happened on the RB board although I also realize that those people are all here in one form or another. I have never tried to hide my identity.