Unwinding Cisco's Not-So-Simple Beginnings

saridder writes: "There's a saying that behind every fortune is a crime, and as we have learned with Apple, Microsoft, and others, Cisco is no different. The SJ Mercury has an article outlining and debunking the myth of Cisco's founding."

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Argh! Stanford declined Cisco stock!

[Jacco de Leeuw]

Stanford was offered equity in Cisco, but the licensing office turned it down as a matter of policy.

Reminds me of that devil sketch by Rowan Atkinson ("Mr Bean") in which he tell the atheists in the audience:

You must be feeling a right bunch of nitwits!