These so called leaders (CISCO) are not fit even to lick my testes, as this company really sucks.. U open 100 cases with there Cust.Support. - 99 will be replacement, for which once u receive those (new), u still need to open 80+ cases to get it solve.

Cisco is only bothered to make money, thereby compromising on Quality.. Anything small info u need, there sales guys will interrogate you to FBI level.. This really sucks.

Following up on your astute article comment about Cisco's using sewing machine terminology... I have a 1948 Singer Sewing Machine which is built into a solid wood table so it doubles as a lovely multi-use desk.. No joke, it is for sale by contacting my email before Cisco buys it and hikes up the price. tmvinc at aol.com

Maybe because the only competing cisco gear in router world is offered by juniper and switching world by extreme.

HP's el cheapo procurves just can't take the load yet. That's why cisco charges money for a good product.

And if you're paying Cisco's retail prices you're crazy. I get 50-75% off.

No doubt Cisco will come up with a cost effective but proprietary way to support this (FCoE still isn't standards based) then still charge the end user twice as much as the competition anyway. I'm still amazed at what Cisco can get away with cost wise relative to competing network suppliers with like or bette features, based purely on installed base and name alone. However I'm starting to see that facade crack with third party solutions creeping further from the core. Interesting times indeed.