RE: Cisco Systems to Purchase Procket Networks...

["Irwin Lazar" <ILazar () burtongroup com>]

FYI: Cnet just published an interview with him this morning entitled "routing's rock star"

see:
http://news.com.com/Routing%27s+rock+star/2008-1035_3-5236759.html?tag=nl

-----Original Message-----
From: John Curran [mailto:jcurran () istaff org]
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:00 PM
To: Wayne E. Bouchard
Cc: nanog () merit edu
Subject: Re: Cisco Systems to Purchase Procket Networks...



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
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