Belkin to Acquire Linksys From Cisco → Cisco/linksys was akin to sprint/nexhell

Totally different product lines and corporate mentality...

As another poster pointed out the x-Sipura VOIP systems, would seem to be a better match at Cisco, but again the culture clash is an issue..

So are they in the consumer side and headed to crapkin?

I never understood why Cisco ever bought Linksys at all to begin with. The two companies never clashed markets except at the very low end of small business(where mom&pop operations usually just ran consumer grade equipment.)