Cisco buying Linksys for $500 Mil

[GT98]

Hmm very interesting....Best Switch guys out there buying the best home networking product producers.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/030320/cisco_linksys_1.html

[Guru]

Recived a e-mail about this at work!

[Jammrock]

This could be very good. Cisco quality at LinkSYS prices in the home

Jammrock

[Gurm]

I remember when LinkSys was just making one-off NICs.

Even then, they were the best one-offs on the market.

- Gurm

[Helevitia]

I was just talking to Wombat last night telling him I was worried because my company was going to make a 'significant' announcement this morning. I was thinking of lay-offs, etc.. Wombat mentioned that it was probably lay-offs or buying a company.
Anyway, I was pleasantly suprised to hear we bought Linksys. I guess it only makes sense since Linksys is the #1 market leader for home networking gear. My first thought was, sweet! discounts and free upgrades

Dave

[cjolley]

Originally posted by Helevitia
...My first thought was, sweet! discounts and free upgrades ...

Oh sure! For you maybe.
The rest of us will prob have to pay more.
chuck

[Jammrock]

Originally posted by cjolley
Oh sure! For you maybe.
The rest of us will prob have to pay more.
chuck

They still hiring at Cisco these days

Jammrock

[cjolley]

On the other hand nice bragging rights...

None of the weenie Netgear for us.
We use a Cisco router for our home network.
chuck

[Helevitia]

I spoke to soon, no discounts

Good news is, Linksys will still be Linksys owned by Cisco. Now we truely have an end-to-end solution for the customer.
something else I thought of, when you get your free dsl/cable router from your isp in the future, it will probably be Linksys.

Dave

[cjolley]

Originally posted by Helevitia
I spoke to soon, no discounts ...

Sorry about that.
What a rip.
chuck

[Chrono_Wanderer]

WOW! The best met the best.

Speaking about networking stuff... I really should have got a LinkSyS router over my USRobotics...

And not to mention that Linksys looks better than USR