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Cisco to Acquire Linksys

Posted by michael on 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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  1. Sweet! by mschoolbus · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  2. And the bad news... by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 4, Funny

    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 ;)

    1. Re:And the bad news... by T-Ranger · · Score: 3, Funny

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

    2. Re:And the bad news... by L.+VeGas · · Score: 5, Funny

      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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    3. Re:And the bad news... by elmegil · · Score: 3, Funny

      Sounds like you married the wrong woman, buddy.

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  3. The bad news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

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

  4. warranty exploitation by haa...jesus+christ · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  5. Does this mean my CCNA certs by Punk+Walrus · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:Does this mean my CCNA certs by The+Jonas · · Score: 2, Funny

      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.

  6. New CISCO Innovations from Linksys by bahwi · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  7. Re:Um... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    the new products will suck ass, but for more money

  8. WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

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

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  9. Re:Maybe Lynksys can support another platform! by cyb97 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Late for your herpes appointment ?

  10. Re:Um... by L.+VeGas · · Score: 1, Funny

    the new products will suck ass, but for more money

    Anyone willing to toss salad deserves more money.

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  11. Re:ALERT! GEEK HUMOR! MASSIVE UNFUNNY DIRECT AHEAD by Surak · · Score: 1, Funny

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

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  12. The bad news by SN74S181 · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  13. How is this possible? by Planx_Constant · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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