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That's Cisco's R&D model. Buy smaller companies with interesting tech and see if their products stick. If they do, great. If not, spit them out via sale or sh
by ww520 9y ago
That's Cisco's R&D model. Buy smaller companies with interesting tech and see if their products stick. If they do, great. If not, spit them out via sale or shut them down.
- digi_owl 9y agoHardly unique to Cisco. Every major tech company, yes even Apple, operate they try to sustain their existence beyond their initial success.
- sushid 9y agoThe parent commenter is saying that Cisco essentially doesn't do much outside of the acquisition. Companies like Google or Apple do a lot of work to integrate the existing software or hardware into their lineup (e.g. Google Voice, Google Doc, Siri, Siri music search)