> 
> (When did Cisco buy Scientific Atlanta?)

Just ask google.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051118-5597.html
Cisco buys Scientific Atlanta
11/18/2005 11:11:42 AM, by Ken "Caesar" Fisher

Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to acquire Scientific Atlanta, a leading developer and manufacturer of consumer video and data services products, for US$6.9 billion.
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