Our seasonally weak third quarter was exacerbated by several factors.

The third quarter was special.

They got a little hot in that third quarter. But we didn't still didn't give up.

They've had a horrid third quarter.

Strong market growth continued to be driven by lower prices and mobility in the third quarter. These factors sped up new PC adoption and replacement activities. Overall market growth exceeded expectations, with home demand for mobile being particularly strong.

Under Bruce's leadership, 3Com developed a strategy to become a leading global provider of secure converged networking solutions for small, medium and large enterprises.