Name: Broadcom
FIancee: Brocade.
Relationship status: it is complicated.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brocade-m-a-broadcom-idUSKBN19O1XF
Quote from: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brocade-m-a-broadcom-idUSKBN19O1XFAs a condition of approval, Broadcom agreed to build a firewall to prevent the merged company from using information it gains as Cisco System Inc's (CSCO.O) supplier to compete in selling the switches as Cisco's competitor, the FTC said.
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"Of course we wont steal your secrets and use it to make ourselves more money..."
... has a quick peek when no one's looking anyway.
That is weirdest merger deal I have ever seen. Company putting a firewall within itself.
Not just a data firewall, but a legal one as well.
Clean room v2.0
By the way, I at first thought the thread was about a personal issue, perhaps brought on by suggesting to a wife or girlfriend the need for active/active HA in the relationship, or perhaps clustering...
Such things do not always produce a positive reaction from the ladies...
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