Cisco to Acquire Linksys

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Posted by michael on Thursday March 20, 2003 @03:45AM 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! by mschoolbus · 2003-03-20 03:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Finally Cisco is going to get some strength behind their networking products!
And the bad news... by anthony_dipierro · 2003-03-20 03:48 · 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 · 2003-03-20 03:56 · 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 · 2003-03-20 04:12 · 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 · 2003-03-20 05:03 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Sounds like you married the wrong woman, buddy.
  
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warranty exploitation by haa...jesus+christ · 2003-03-20 03:49 · Score: 2, Funny

i see my linksys router spontaneously breaking post-acquisition and being replaced with cisco hardware...
Does this mean my CCNA certs by Punk+Walrus · 2003-03-20 03:49 · 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 · 2003-03-20 04:04 · 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.
New CISCO Innovations from Linksys by bahwi · 2003-03-20 03:59 · 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.
Re:Maybe Lynksys can support another platform! by cyb97 · 2003-03-20 04:10 · Score: 2, Funny

Late for your herpes appointment ?
The bad news by SN74S181 · 2003-03-20 05:01 · 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 ;(
How is this possible? by Planx_Constant · 2003-03-20 05:38 · 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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