Newsflash folks. Cisco is a corporation. A big, monstrous, soul-less corporation. Cisco don't care. Caring is not what Cisco does.
Cisco exists to stay in business. It used to innovate. Now it gobbles up innovators and spits out the bones every summer.
Cisco pays a dividend. That is the sign of a corporation reaching maturity.
The only question the "leadership" has to ask themselves is "How do I allocate capital?"
Investing in employees, R&D, Early Retirement and other choices are from a bygone era.
Cisco now primarily invests in India, share buybacks to pay execs and some wonky acquisitions.
Cisco has lost its way, folks. There will be no Cisco in 10 years.
Wang, Kodak and 100s of others have paved this course.
Cisco is eating itself. Look at the products! How many entire business lines does Cisco have that directly competes with another Cisco product? Customers are confused.