I was at Nortel (they acquired a startup I was at). I have never seen a more incompetently run company. Some of the stupid stuff they did was mind blowing. An e

I was at Nortel (they acquired a startup I was at). I have never seen a more incompetently run company. Some of the stupid stuff they did was mind blowing. An example would be their acquisition of Alteon for near $8b when they could have had Foundry for less, except they would not make Bobby head of enterprise (where he would be useful) because of some old grudge over the Rapid City vs. Centilion beef internally (last gen of stuff they acquired - Bay Networks timeframe).