Sounds about right.
And quite frankly, for a company to "only" be valued at 3.x $bil when they were a mover and shaker in the networking space 15+ years ago smacks of mediocrity. -sc From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 8:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: HP to acquire 3com All 3Com has that is of any value right now, is the IPS business they bought with the TippingPoint. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ________________________________ From: "Steven M. Caesare" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:16:51 -0500 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> Subject: RE: HP to acquire 3com Meh. I'm not sure what the value proposition is. 3C509's and 3C905's were_THE_ nics back in the day. They've been on the decline ever since. -sc From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: HP to acquire 3com http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2009/091111xa.html Webster ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
