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Re:Cisco's Feud with Former Star Executive Turns Personal an... by jstandard on Friday August 18, 2017 @11:17AM (#15046921)
I can't help but wonder if this is a well-disguised PR piece from Arista. While the feud itself seems likely, the whole article, down to the details, is heavily reliant on David vs. Goliath themes to paint Arista and Ms. Ullal in a positive light.

Given Arista's strategy of directly attacking Cisco's market share and "keeping quiet about it" you can bet they had similar sentiments about Cisco. Those details are missing.

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Re:Cisco's Feud with Former Star Executive Turns Personal an... by osbjmg on Friday August 18, 2017 @02:03PM (#15048390)
Rachel King's job involves covering cisco.

https://www.wsj.com/news/author/8500

I don't think it would be ethical of her to accept direction from a company involved with them on what the subject of her piece should be.

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Re:Cisco's Feud with Former Star Executive Turns Personal an... by jstandard on Friday August 18, 2017 @04:37PM (#15049533)
Agreed, I hope that isn't the case here. Thanks for pointing out Cisco is part of her beat.

In the past several years I've become increasingly skeptical of news, particularly personal stories where the evidence seems slanted in a certain direction. There's usually another untold side to the story that remains untold as soon as the general narrative is established.

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