https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/cisco-fortinet-eye-extreme-networks-buy-report-states/
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@km I was part of an acquisition in the early 2000s, and we were told we had one year to get our products under the protected umbrella of legacy Cisco products, or we'd be on the chopping block. We went on the chopping block anyway, even though we were successful. Cisco has had this playbook for 30 years.
Within 3 years of the acquisition your company will be relegated to the dustbins of Cisco acquisition history. Within 2 years all employees merged after the acquisition will eligible for layoffs (Ask any former Splunk employee). For Cisco employees, a company wide RA will most certainly following once new head count is aboard. This has been the playbook forever.
Near Zero chance this happens.
This is a great news for Extreme and Cisco. Finally the smart Cisco Indian leadership will take over Extreme and the shareholders will see higher share prices and better quality at a low cost.
Here is an Extreme employee. Please don't buy us. We don't like the toxic Cisco culture. Please buy another company and leave us alone. We don't want Cisco's culture or their corrupt leaders. Thank you!
Cisco proper isn’t able to build anything. 😆
Would be good to have one more operating system!
Cisco need to buy Extreme and put it out of its misery for good.