You would think that investors would go after safer, dividend-yielding companies, but it's not the case. Everyone's looking for the next home run.

Too many investors tend to be backward looking. You can't just say they declared the quarterly dividend for the last 10 years, I guess they're going to keep paying it. Think about what the business conditions are.

I think investors are looking to buy stable companies ... companies that have consistent, reliable earnings.

This special dividend is also very attractive for investors. Looking ahead, we're concerned the changes proposed under the scheme of control would have an impact on their business.

We're looking at framing companies, plumbing companies, but not around here.

What I think a lot of companies are looking for is a multipurpose LAN device like Cisco's ISR. This is a relatively small deal. It won't turn Nortel around, but it does give them a legitimate end-to-end WAN play.