[Asterisk-Users] Linksys/Cisco buys Sipura

[David Boyd]

On Wed, 2005-04-27 at 23:22 -0400, Steven Kalcevich wrote:
> I think its a win win situation. Cisco has tons of money to throw at 
> them to get a better product with more features. I dont believe they 
> would aquire them and not put money in them to make a better product.
> 
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> >> I guess the prices will go up like a rocket....
> >
> >
> > Not necessarily,  When Cisco acquired linksys the prices of the 
> > linksys equipment went down.
> >
> > Guess you never know until it happens.
> 
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In 1998 Cisco purchased a company called Summa Four for $116 Million,
and left them to die on the vine. It all depends on what they (Cisco )
want from the transaction.  If Sipura has a part in causing a drop in
Cisco revenue due to adoption by the Open source community, then they
may well buy the company to shut it down.


Time will tell!