> Wow what? > > Is there anything in the CRS-3 that competitors are not shipping _today_? > > If you look at some startups, they are doing 4-5 times as many Gbps per slot, > and pre-release equipment is in use in some networks already. > > The only "wow" here is "wow, why did cisco hype how far behind they are?" >
It's called doing the "wall street dance". Their stock price jumped 3% yesterday in anticipation of the "big" announcement. Hype is hype, and people still remember the magic of the dotcom bubble. "ZOMG! They increased the size of the tubez! BUY! BUY!" [full disclosure: I own stock in Cisco] Tom Walsh Express Web Systems, Inc.