I am part of a so-called Clean room. I had to sign 2 NDAs. I personally shared a lot of information with HPE and received information.
Information has been sent back and forth that should not be allowed.
The DOJ has attempted to contact a number of Juniper Networks employees. This has been discussed with management. A colleague agreed and provided information to the DOJ. The information from the DOJ is correct. HPE was only interested in Mist Systems. Juniper's growth in WLAN was too fast. The only way to stop Juniper was to acquire Mist Systems. However, Juniper did not want to sell Mist. HPE therefore wanted to buy Juniper in its entirety.