Cisco to Acquire Linksys

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Posted by michael on Thursday March 20, 2003 @11:45AM from the firesale dept.

forged writes "The Boston Globe is reporting that networking giant Cisco Systems plans to acquire Linksys later this year for $500M, thus entering the consumer market. Linksys also has a press release. The good news is that those who bought a Linksys access point now have a Cisco access point for 1/2 of the price ;)"

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Sweet! (Score:5, Funny)

by mschoolbus ( 627182 ) writes: <travisriley AT gmail DOT com> on Thursday March 20, 2003 @11:47AM (#5555775)

Finally Cisco is going to get some strength behind their networking products!

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And the bad news... (Score:4, Funny)

by anthony_dipierro ( 543308 ) writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @11:48AM (#5555786) Journal

The good news is that those who bought a Linksys access point now have a Cisco access point for 1/2 of the price ;)

The bad news is that those who buy Cisco access points in the future will have a Linksys access point for twice the price ;)

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The bad news... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @11:49AM (#5555795)

Is you still own a Linksys product - the market leader in low cost buggy routers, nics, etc.

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warranty exploitation (Score:2, Funny)

by haa...jesus christ ( 576980 ) writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @11:49AM (#5555797)

i see my linksys router spontaneously breaking post-acquisition and being replaced with cisco hardware...

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Does this mean my CCNA certs (Score:5, Funny)

by Punk Walrus ( 582794 ) writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @11:49AM (#5555807) Journal

Will require me to get CTHULHU? Cisco Training: Home User, Limited Home Use?

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Re:And the bad news... (Score:4, Funny)

by T-Ranger ( 10520 ) writes: <jeffw@NoSPAm.chebucto.ns.ca> on Thursday March 20, 2003 @11:56AM (#5555891) Homepage

If you change the name on the linksys stuff do they magicly stop sucking?

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New CISCO Innovations from Linksys (Score:5, Funny)

by bahwi ( 43111 ) writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @11:59AM (#5555917)

To increase usability, all CISCO routers will now come with a web interface accessible on the rarely used port 80. It will have a default username/password of: admin/password. In case the username/password are forgotten, CISCO tech support can use their back-up account that they have in all CISCO boxes to access the box and change the admin password. No one will be able to find out this secret account, we're kinda sure of that.

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Re:Does this mean my CCNA certs (Score:2, Funny)

by The Jonas ( 623192 ) writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @12:04PM (#5555970)

Maybe, If Cisco incorporates any of their features into firmware patches/updates or into future Linksys-labeled products. Unfortuneately, I can visualize my wife calling me at work trying to get me to tell her how to mod our router's config file to block our children from running P2P apps - Oh, the horror, the horror.

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Re:Um... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @12:08PM (#5556003)

the new products will suck ass, but for more money

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WTF? (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @12:10PM (#5556027)

Why is Sysco buying LinkSys? Do they plan on wiring up all their vending machines or something?

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Re:Maybe Lynksys can support another platform! (Score:3, Funny)

by cyb97 ( 520582 ) writes: <cyb97@noxtension.com> on Thursday March 20, 2003 @12:10PM (#5556030) Homepage Journal

Late for your herpes appointment ?

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Re:And the bad news... (Score:5, Funny)

by L. VeGas ( 580015 ) writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @12:12PM (#5556043) Homepage Journal

Just like getting married.

When a woman changes her name by getting married, she also stops sucking.

nothing magic about it though

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Re:Um... (Score:2, Funny)

by L. VeGas ( 580015 ) writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @12:18PM (#5556091) Homepage Journal

the new products will suck ass, but for more money

Anyone willing to toss salad deserves more money.

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Re:ALERT! GEEK HUMOR! MASSIVE UNFUNNY DIRECT AHEAD (Score:1, Funny)

by Surak ( 18578 ) writes: <surakNO@SPAMmailblocks.com> on Thursday March 20, 2003 @12:31PM (#5556206) Homepage Journal

Yeah I know... I can't stand what those fhqwhgads [homestarrunner.com] pass as humour. :-P

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The bad news (Score:2, Funny)

by SN74S181 ( 581549 ) writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @01:01PM (#5556463)

The bad news is that those who bought a Cisco access point now have a LinkSys access point for double the price ;(

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Re:And the bad news... (Score:3, Funny)

by elmegil ( 12001 ) writes: on Thursday March 20, 2003 @01:03PM (#5556477) Homepage Journal

Sounds like you married the wrong woman, buddy.

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How is this possible? (Score:5, Funny)

by Planx_Constant ( 594897 ) writes: <planx.constant@gmail.com> on Thursday March 20, 2003 @01:38PM (#5556773) Homepage

I like the Thong song as much as the next guy, but how on earth did Sisqo ever make enough to buy a consumer electronics company?

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Sweet! (Score:5, Funny)

And the bad news... (Score:4, Funny)

The bad news... (Score:1, Funny)

warranty exploitation (Score:2, Funny)

Does this mean my CCNA certs (Score:5, Funny)

Re:And the bad news... (Score:4, Funny)

New CISCO Innovations from Linksys (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Does this mean my CCNA certs (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Um... (Score:1, Funny)

WTF? (Score:0, Funny)

Re:Maybe Lynksys can support another platform! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:And the bad news... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Um... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:ALERT! GEEK HUMOR! MASSIVE UNFUNNY DIRECT AHEAD (Score:1, Funny)

The bad news (Score:2, Funny)

Re:And the bad news... (Score:3, Funny)

How is this possible? (Score:5, Funny)

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