I've always found it odd how many resources they still devote to R&D considering their acquisition strategy. I agree, I actually still like the company (althou

I've always found it odd how many resources they still devote to R&D considering their acquisition strategy. I agree, I actually still like the company (although I was never actually a fan of the Pix's, the ASA's are a lot better). When I was at BBN we worked really closely with Cisco, and some of my other colleagues made their way over there. I don't know who is left to do that sort of "iterative product development". I feel like as the scale of technology has increased, it's really become easier to just let someone else take the risk in launching something, and then if they're successful, buy them up.