<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>I'm sure in the long list of companies acquired by Cisco, there have been cultural differences. I recall someone telling me once that when Cisco bought ActiveVoice there were plenty of differences. Something about a slide from the top floor into the office of one of the developers. ;)<br><br>With Cisco's foray into blade computing, I would have thought this fit right in.<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Paul" <asobihoudai@yahoo.com><br>To: lelio@uoguelph.ca, "cisco-voip voyp list" <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net><br>Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 10:07:12 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] I.B.M. Said to Be in Talks to Buy Sun for $7 Billion - NYTimes.com<br><br><br>The companies couldn't be any more different in terms of culture. I could see the majority of Sun's brainpower jumping ship before the ink on the buying contract even dries.<br><br>You don't see things like dtrace and ZFS coming out of IBM.<br>pathetic. . . <br><br><br><br>----- Original Message ----<br>From: "lelio@uoguelph.ca" <lelio@uoguelph.ca><br>To: cisco-voip voyp list <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net><br>Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:57:42 PM<br>Subject: [cisco-voip] I.B.M. Said to Be in Talks to Buy Sun for $7 Billion - NYTimes.com<br><br>I'm surprised Cisco didn't go after this.<br><br>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/companies/19sun.html?ref=technology<br><br><br>Lelio Fulgenzi, Senior Analyst<br>Computing & Communications<br>University of Guelph<br>519-824-4120 x56354<br><br>....sent from my iPod - please pardon my fat fingers ;)<br><br>[XKJ2000]<br>_______________________________________________<br>cisco-voip mailing list<br>cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip<br><br><br><br> <br><br></div></body></html>