From: Anthony Faria (tfaria72@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Sep 10 2008 - 12:54:54 ART
All I know is that it is Cisco that pays my bills. I think a lot of us could
say the same. What has Nortel done for me lately LOL.
Tony
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Colin McNamara <Colin@2cups.com> wrote:
> Does anybody want to get into a Ford vs Chevy debate while we are at it?
> Both companies are mature large cap investments. I think people would
> generally agree that Nortel's strength has mainly been in carrier equipment
> and TDM PBX's. Cisco has always been heavy in the enterprise play (route /
> switch / voip / security), while participating in the carrier segments also.
> I think at the end of the day the discussion is not about what is better or
> faster, because with chipset releases, code upgrades that will always
> change. The question is, what is better for the customer. That can
> encompass, training, support, future proofing, end to end product coverage.
> In that aspect, I think Cisco has an edge.
>
> But, thats just my opinion.
>
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> "The difficult we do immediately, the impossible just takes a little
> longer"
>
>
>
> Joseph Brunner wrote:
>
>> And if you look at Cisco's Stock Price it has a steady rate of growth.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Really?
>> So much for that analyst job at Goldman Zacks
>>
>> http://finance.google.com/finance?q=csco
>>
>> hit "5yr" its been pretty flat the whole decade. Cisco is a mature
>> company.
>> Nortel is a mature company also, but with less marketing and bad
>> management.
>>
>> Both of these companies together are in a very flat, slow growth industry.
>>
>> Apple computer makes toys for people with credit cards who don't like
>> saving
>> money like IPOD's and Mac books;
>>
>> Cisco makes network technology that powers business and government
>> communication networks.
>>
>> Cisco was once a $500B company. It has yet to recover from the .com bust.
>> So in a way Cisco's shareholders didn't benefit from the 2002-2006 stock
>> market recovery much, if at all.
>>
>> Crox was a better stock ;) (and they are more comfortable too!)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> Christopher Copley
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:09 AM
>> To: Muhammad Nasim
>> Cc: Ina&Laurean; Bill Eyer; Brad Ellis; Cisco certification
>> Subject: Re: OT: Cisco vs. Nortel
>>
>> Group,
>>
>> This may be very OT, but if you look at Nortel Stock price it is in a nose
>> dive. And if you look at Cisco's Stock Price it has a steady rate of
>> growth. Technology aside, why trust your network in the hands of a
>> company
>> that looks like it is bleeding money(and failing) like dropped packets
>> from
>> a firewall? Now this is coming from a business perspective and not a
>> technology perspective, but I would rather trust my network to a
>> company/vender that looks like it will still be here in 2010! I have read
>> nothing but bad things in the investment realm on the quality of Nortel as
>> a
>> viable company to invest in. So again, why trust your network to any
>> thing
>> with a Nortel sticker on it?
>>
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