Is that from their press release? I can't bear to read corporate press releases.
But the dominant vendor in the networking market, sorry, paradigm, would be Cisco Systems, Inc., I would think. Cheers, Andrew 2009/11/12 Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> > "Companies are looking for ways to break free from the business > limitations imposed by a networking paradigm that has been dominated by > a single vendor,” > > Umm, isn't HP that dominating vendor? So how are people to break free > when one of the options they had is now gone? > > > > Not that I mind the merger; I've only used 3com stuff in a handful of > places over the past 12 years. > > >>> "Matthew W. Ross" <[email protected]> 11/12/2009 8:52 AM > >>> > HP acquiring 3Com makes sense to me. 3Com is dying, as a switch > company. I'm sure they have good engineers, patents, etc. > > I don't know anything about 3Com's business in China or Tipping Point. > > But I do remember the 3Com NBX phone system. This is an area where HP > can expand into with the portfolio of 3Com. I'm quite interested in > where the 3Com phone system ends up. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Berry > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 > 07:39:22 -0800 > Subject: RE: HP to acquire 3com > > > > Patent portfolio has value, I'm certain. > > > > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 5:17 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
