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Does the word cartel mean anything to the DOJ? I guess we'll find out. Now, why was EMC in the cartel? My first reaction was that this is the higher margin c
by chalst 15y ago
Does the word cartel mean anything to the DOJ? I guess we'll find out.
Now, why was EMC in the cartel? My first reaction was that this is the higher margin companies ganging up to defeat the low cost free software strategy. But why would EMC/Cisco want to join in?
- brudgers 15y agoPresumably Nortel's patent portfolio contains a significant number of patents which could be applied to networking because Nortel had it's roots as a phone company.
- tom_b 15y agoExactly - Nortel had a big portfolio of phone switches (the DMS-10 and DMS-100 are the two that leap to mind) and I would assume a rich collection of switch patents as well. Too bad they blew up - can anyone recommend a good write-up about their implosion? I interned there and had a job offer that was rescinded around the time the dot com bust occurred. My recollection is that they heavily leveraged themselves to make a run at beating Cisco in the IP switch market. When everything melted down, they had nowhere to run.