Comments on: Did Brocade buy the right company in Foundry? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/did-brocade-buy-the-right-company-in-foundry/ A SearchStorage.com blog. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:15:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gary O http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/did-brocade-buy-the-right-company-in-foundry/#comment-7207 Gary O Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:40:21 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/23/did-brocade-buy-the-right-company-in-foundry/#comment-7207 I completely agree with Switch Guy. Anyone suggesting that they should have bought Juniper with a market cap of $12B needs to take another math class. The comparison is ridiculous. I completely agree with Switch Guy.

Anyone suggesting that they should have bought Juniper with a market cap of $12B needs to take another math class.

The comparison is ridiculous.

]]> By: Switch Guy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/did-brocade-buy-the-right-company-in-foundry/#comment-7206 Switch Guy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:10:35 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/23/did-brocade-buy-the-right-company-in-foundry/#comment-7206 How could Brocade, with a market cap of $3billion before the acquisition was announced, acquire Juniper, with a market cap of $12billion? Foundry has about $1billion cash in the bank, so the true acquisition cost to Brocade is "only" $2billion. How could Brocade, with a market cap of $3billion before the acquisition was announced, acquire Juniper, with a market cap of $12billion?

Foundry has about $1billion cash in the bank, so the true acquisition cost to Brocade is “only” $2billion.

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