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Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions

  • From: Rubens Kuhl Jr.
  • Date: Thu Sep 04 13:30:26 2008 
>
> And 60 points off Cisco is possible, even for small shops with some
> negotiating ability.

That's not our experience; it seems that BUs protecting margins talk
louder than the sales guys, so when it reaches discounts like that,
even because of lack of adequate product from Cisco (lower gear can't
handle it, big gear is too expensive), the competition winning is
worse to Cisco but better to the BU numbers, so they leave it to that.

Rubens