>I know people who washed into Cisco in acquisitions who multiple times left to start companies marketing remarkably specific and incremental improvements to ex

>I know people who washed into Cisco in acquisitions who multiple times left to start companies marketing remarkably specific and incremental improvements to existing Cisco products When you put it that way, it actually sounds like a wonderful (for Cisco) way to outsource the risk of innovation by offering to pay a premium for good ideas that are well executed.