Cisco Systems to Purchase Procket Networks...

Fri Jun 18 05:55:23 UTC 2004

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Correct, I'm currently with Verio, playing ISP.

Yes, I believe that this confirms that John thinks that engineers are 
indeed
slaves.   But I've known that for years.

Please disregard the "rock star" crapola.  More hype that I don't 
want...
I'm just an engineer, like you, but slightly older and more bruised.

Tony

On Jun 17, 2004, at 5:59 PM, John Curran wrote:

>
> I believe that Tony has escaped that fate...  (although the phrasing 
> of the
> press release could lead one to believe that the engineering team 
> aren't
> really people, but some form of property that was "sold" to Cisco  ;-)
>
> /John
>
> At 5:46 PM -0700 6/17/04, Wayne E. Bouchard wrote:
>> So does this mean that Tony Li now works for Mr. Chambers again? :-)
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 05:21:58PM -0700, John Curran wrote:
>>>
>>> "SAN JOSE, Calif., June 17, 2004 - Cisco Systems, Inc., today 
>>> announced a definitive agreement to purchase the intellectual 
>>> property, a majority of the engineering team and select assets from 
>>> privately-held Procket Networks, Inc. of Milpitas, Calif. Procket 
>>> Networks is a developer of concurrent services routers and has 
>>> expertise in silicon and software development. This purchase will 
>>> add a rich intellectual property portfolio and a team of proven 
>>> silicon and software architects to Cisco's industry leading routing 
>>> technology and products."
>>>
>>> <http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2004/corp_061704.html>
>>>
>>> FYI,
>>> /John
>>
>> ---
>> Wayne Bouchard
>> web at typo.org
>> Network Dude
>> http://www.typo.org/~web/
>