Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 Forums - Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:43:01 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:43:01 GMT Rev9 13 -13 -1 Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? If Microsoft is serious about creating its own hardware ecosystem, I think this would be a potentially interesting investment. If I am reading the right numbers online, the price is not very much for a Microsoft size company (in the hundreds of millions).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/5b4f0a6de5cc475dbba2a12a00f86b49#5b4f0a6de5cc475dbba2a12a00f86b49 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:04:27 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/5b4f0a6de5cc475dbba2a12a00f86b49#5b4f0a6de5cc475dbba2a12a00f86b49 Gio 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/giovanni/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? What part of Microsoft making its own tablets, keyboards, mice, Xboxes, surface tables, home media centers, phones and mp3 players makes you think that Microsoft isn't serious about hardware, or that it needs to buy someone else's failing company in order to suddenly become good at it?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/a5e387a120664e2a93aea12a00f8f223#a5e387a120664e2a93aea12a00f8f223 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:06:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/a5e387a120664e2a93aea12a00f8f223#a5e387a120664e2a93aea12a00f8f223 evildictaitor 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/evildictaitor/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? It's a shame, really.  Linksys' name used to mean quality and their wireless hardware was know as more interoperable with other competitors hardware. 

And then cisco bought them and ran them into the ground.

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/767ca3f73eca4bc3a944a12a00fa0425#767ca3f73eca4bc3a944a12a00fa0425 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:10:16 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/767ca3f73eca4bc3a944a12a00fa0425#767ca3f73eca4bc3a944a12a00fa0425 ScanIAm 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/ScanIAm/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? Mine was kind of a rhetoric question: I do think they are serious (though I think the phone is just a rumor...).

I think that Linksys has good reputation with the consumer market while Microsoft one is not always so stellar (Microsoft made routers years ago, but they were never highly regarded). I think Microsoft could use the Linksys brand more than anything else.

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, giovanni wrote

Microsoft made routers years ago, but they were never highly regarded

 

(The linksys brand is pretty tainted now though)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/9a6e036606b748f48cf1a12a00fd3edb#9a6e036606b748f48cf1a12a00fd3edb Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:22:02 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/9a6e036606b748f48cf1a12a00fd3edb#9a6e036606b748f48cf1a12a00fd3edb blowdart 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/blowdart/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? How many average consumers still buy a router though? Even most of techie people I know just use their ISP supplied box (at least as their modem, if not their router).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/c1fd5f5330a14e9bb320a12a00ff5d2b#c1fd5f5330a14e9bb320a12a00ff5d2b Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:29:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/c1fd5f5330a14e9bb320a12a00ff5d2b#c1fd5f5330a14e9bb320a12a00ff5d2b GoddersUK 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/GoddersUK/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? @blowdart: Less tainted than D-link or others... I do understand that the router market is not a high profit one, but, except for Apple, hardware makers were pretty good at a race at the bottom (as always).

However, I think this is an important component in a multiple devices market.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/56db6944d452410c820ea12a00ffb018#56db6944d452410c820ea12a00ffb018 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:30:55 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/56db6944d452410c820ea12a00ffb018#56db6944d452410c820ea12a00ffb018 Gio 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/giovanni/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? I have a Linksys wireless router and a Microsoft router (not wireless) that I am using right now that is enabling me so send this very comment. My Linksys router is one of the best devices for value of any technology I have ever bought. The Microsoft router is o.k. too, does its job, has no problems.

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, giovanni wrote

If Microsoft is serious about creating its own hardware ecosystem, I think this would be a potentially interesting investment. If I am reading the right numbers online, the price is not very much for a Microsoft size company (in the hundreds of millions).

 

well the first question is this:

what IP rights, patents or other assets would MS get in such a deal that they need to buy them?

if they do not have something special in that area then it's not a good move.

MS can do a wireless router any time they want with out having to buy Linksys.

so what are the items they have that should make MS want to buy them ?

 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/5a170ba933b24bf79b7aa12a0119f1ee#5a170ba933b24bf79b7aa12a0119f1ee Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:06:31 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/5a170ba933b24bf79b7aa12a0119f1ee#5a170ba933b24bf79b7aa12a0119f1ee figuerres 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/figuerres/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it? @figuerres: I think the only advantage would be a brand with a good reputation.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/840a7325ab344f55b20ba12a014aa0cb#840a7325ab344f55b20ba12a014aa0cb Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:03:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Linksys-for-sale-should-Microsoft-buy-it/840a7325ab344f55b20ba12a014aa0cb#840a7325ab344f55b20ba12a014aa0cb Gio 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/giovanni/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Linksys for sale, should Microsoft buy it?

, giovanni wrote

@figuerres: I think the only advantage would be a brand with a good reputation.

then it's not much of a deal, no really major advantage for Microsoft as they will wind up renaming it to "Microsoft ______________ "

 

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