"Graham, Randy (RAW)" wrote:
>
> I feel the "paying-beta-tester" slam is a little out of line, especially
> when the alternative is "a more stable and more mature product." I realize
> that in the security arena, new typically means "not as secure," but I still
> think this is a bit too much of a slam. Unless you have used the product
Ok, just for the clarificatoin sake. I feel a "paying-beta-tester" when
I pay for a product which I know it could be functional, or it could
be not... Who knows?
It happened so many times in the past, so I'm a bit scary about new
stuff, specially when I've to pay for it (in a sense or another)
> and have specific points to point out against it, please refrain from such
> juvenile posts. Furthermore, your link where "...even Stonesoft's customers
I've seen what I said that in a live demo.
> have their doubts..." seems more of a complaint against marketing drivel
> being posted to a technical list than an expression of doubt over
> Stonegate's abilities in the firewalling arena.
You should go to the bottom of page... :-)
Do you think this is a complain about the marketing drive?
"Are we to take this seriously? To me StoneSoft's primary focus has
always been to provide High Availability at a Firewall level. They do
this
very well. I actually run several StoneBeat /CheckPoint pairs & clusters
myself."
I think you should read a bit more carefully... :-)
> I read your post and it comes across somewhat ridiculing the original
> poster. If you can't give good reason for not using a product beyond the
> fact that it is new and untested by the community at large, I don't see why
> you feel the need to treat someone asking about it as if they are an
> uninformed idiot.
No way!!! If you think so, is up to you.. but my original intention
was only to express *my* opinions, thoughts and findings...
Best regards...
--
Martin H. Hoz-Salvador
EX-A-IEC, EX-A-FIME
http://gama.fime.uanl.mx/~mhoz
"Daddy, Why doesn't this Magnet pick up this Floppy Disk?"
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