I don't get where the "bitter" in the competition comes from. That's
business. The major difference between Cisco and Microsoft is what is done
with the aqusitions afterwards. Microsoft uses the "you will be assimilated"
strategy, changing the ways that the bought companies work to conform to
Microsoft and even changing the way they do "whatever is is they're doing."
Cisco on the other hand, lets the aquistions keep doing what they know how
to do--that's what made them successful in the first place. There is
definitely a more hands-off approach.
ramius
"anthony kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I just found it curious. If you look at these market leaders, you'll
> find an eerie similarity in how their product lines incorporate
> technology acquisition. The ability to subsume heterogeneous
> technologies may indicate why these two have done so well (and one
> might argue, the fear of dethronement as a cause to why they react so
> bitterly to competition):
>
> For a full rundown of cisco acquisitions visit
> http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/750/acquisition/summarylist.html
>
> For a full rundown of microsoft acquisitions visit
> http://www.vcnet.com/bms/departments/catalog/yrcatalog.shtml
> (microsoft doesn't seem to have their acquisition summary anywhere I
> could find on their site.)
>
> One could make similar statements about any other $BIG_COMPANY but I
> believe there is no coincidence that market leaders succeed because
> they can adapt new technologies and incorporate them successfully in
> their product line.
>
> Before people start leaping off the deep end of the Rational pool, I am
> speaking as a cisco fan, not as a microsoft one.
>
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