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Mango
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Plantronics to buy Polycom (and Obihai)

»www.cnbc.com/2018/03/28/ ··· ion.html

tl;dr: Thank goodness for naf and friends.

LSBINTB
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Plantrolyhai.....I think I spelled it correctly

Oh wait! Maybe it was Polyobitronics. Yeah, that's it.

Consolidation is the name of the game in maturing business models. Wonder what's in store for competitors.

mgraves1
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Plantronics is tooling up to compete with Logitech, who have been making inroads into Enterprise UC/VC. The PE firm makes $300M on their rather short term efforts.

cb14
join:2013-02-04
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said by LSBINTB:

Consolidation is the name of the game in maturing business models. Wonder what's in store for competitors.

Maturing business model? I do not think so. The key word here is the 'private equity firm', which recently took over Plantronics.
Wonder what's in the store for consumers specifically for us who depend on Obis.
As much as we were unhappy about Obihai's miserable CS and other shenanigans, VoIP ATAs was their bread and butter. In the new combined giant, it will be a minor side business.
Mergers are rarely beneficial for consumers. let's hope this one will be.

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said by cb14:

Maturing business model? I do not think so.

I can't name any large innovations in the market In the last half decade. Yes lots of incremental enhancements though.
AsherN
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said by cb14:

Maturing business model? I do not think so. The key word here is the 'private equity firm', which recently took over Plantronics.
Wonder what's in the store for consumers specifically for us who depend on Obis.

Private Equity firm. They will saddle Plantronics with crushing debt, suck as much as they can out of it and let it fail.

Davesworld
join:2007-10-30
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said by Mango:

»www.cnbc.com/2018/03/28/ ··· ion.html

tl;dr: Thank goodness for naf and friends.

Sounds like time to switch to MangoTronics.

LSBINTB
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They will saddle Plantronics with crushing debt

R.I.P ToysRUs

mgraves1
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Some analysis for consideration: »nojitter.com/post/240173 ··· eat-move
fresnoBob
join:2016-08-29
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Private Equity firm. They will saddle Plantronics with crushing debt, suck as much as they can out of it and let it fail.

Just like the restaurant in Goodfellas.
Brown
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said by Mango:
Plantronics to buy Polycom (and Obihai)

I hope they will work with Google to keep "chat" working with Obihai hardware. The GV chat feature is old and AFAIK only used by Obihai and maybe PcPhoneSoft. The option is only in the GV "legacy" version which suggests it's obsolete in Googles minds and ready to be dropped.
starblazer
join:2017-05-27
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Simonics GVGW gateway also uses the chat interface...
Taihou
join:2017-12-07
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Well. I thought Plantronics is small guy. Sorry I'm wrong.
PX Eliezer0
join:2017-01-15
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So Obihai was bought by Polycom in January.

Then Polycom was bought by Plantronics in July.

And now Plantronics may be bought by Logitech, though that seems to have fizzled out at the moment.
»www.reuters.com/article/ ··· CN1NV03H

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Logitech may just be playing hard to get.

All's fair in love, war, and business.

As they said in "The Fantasticks":

Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
Although you know the snow will follow.

Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
Without a hurt the heart is hollow.

Deep in December, it's nice to remember,
The fire of September that made us mellow.

Deep in December, our hearts should remember
And follow.

»www.lyricsondemand.com/s ··· ics.html

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Deal cancelled.

Update (11/25): The full statement reads: "In response to media reports and in accordance with Swiss disclosure requirements, Logitech International today confirmed it was engaged in discussions with Plantronics regarding a potential transaction. However, those discussions were terminated. Logitech does not intend to comment further."

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How would a sale to Logitech, had it gone through, potentially affected the IP phones and ATA lines of products?
PX Eliezer0
join:2017-01-15
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said by josephf:

How would a sale to Logitech, had it gone through, potentially affected the IP phones and ATA lines of products?

Companies grow bigger and bigger, things get forgotten or lost.

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World Wide Wicket Company was an example, they were driving a little company out of business not realizing they owned it.
tired_runner
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Meh. Thank goodness for Sangoma, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

And of course the wide selection of SIP-enabled ATA's that still exist in the market.

I dread the day when SIP becomes proprietary, and falls into the hands of the same investment firms gobbling up small players.

If that day comes, we are all screwed and headed back to "nights and weekends" times.