On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Denis HAVLIK wrote:
> :~>> I know I can't imagine Microsoft saying, "Oh, ASP isn't working on your
> :~>> IIS? Well, I wrote IIS, so send me your error log and we'll see what we
> :~>> can do."
> :~>Maybe not Microsoft, but last year a guy at Cisco issued a new IOS just
> :~>for my special configuration. You'd be amazed at what you can get just by
> :~>asking for it. ;-)
> I suppose this is the reason why no one really hates Cisco - although they
> have a monopoly position comparable to M$.
Not really. Cisco use only open standards, they don't embrace and extend,
and they have important competitors: Lucent, Nortel, Alcatel, Siemens,
3Com... and Linux ;-) You have the choice.
So... Cisco is not a monopoly, it's just *the reference* because their
TCP/IP stack is the most performant. Linux is not bad in regards to
TCP/IP, but is behind even Slowlaris and BSD.
I use Linux as my main router (routes fiber on 4 subnets), but I wouldn't
use it for a major backbone.. yet (maybe kernel 3.0?) ;-)
Jean-Michel Dault
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