http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/11/11/hp-to-buy-3com/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2009/11/11/hp-to-buy-3com/comment-page-1/#comment-7289 Huntera3 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:58:01 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=10158#comment-7289 Although this may be good for both companies involved, I find it hard to believe that this worries any of the other network solutions providers such as Bay Networks, Juniper, or especially the 800 lbs gorilla of the group Cisco--who I'm sure occupy the vast majority of the remaining 70% market share in China. HP has had networking equipment out for ages and never gained any traction with. Now they buy a dying company and think results will be different. 3com has not been able to find a way out of the downward spiral they found themselves in, when hubs and dial-up modems were marginalized. A change in ownership is not going to change that. Although this may be good for both companies involved, I find it hard to believe that this worries any of the other network solutions providers such as Bay Networks, Juniper, or especially the 800 lbs gorilla of the group Cisco–who I’m sure occupy the vast majority of the remaining 70% market share in China. HP has had networking equipment out for ages and never gained any traction with. Now they buy a dying company and think results will be different. 3com has not been able to find a way out of the downward spiral they found themselves in, when hubs and dial-up modems were marginalized. A change in ownership is not going to change that.

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