On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Ralph Los wrote:
> In argument to the statement 'Check Point is still here - Still king of
> firewall'...I have to disagree. I've seen a lot of products lately - and
> I'm not so sure CheckPoint's arrogance is going to hold up as the de-facto
> standard for much longer. Yes, at one point they were the best...but now?
> Have you SEEN CyberGuard, and (if they cleaned up their 'slow'
> issues)SideWinder, or some of the open-source stuff? I certainly agree
> boxes like the PIX will never hope to catch up with their neanderthall
> interfaces and horrendous speeds - but there is competition now...and it's
> gaining FAST.
>
Two main points to consider here though still remain:
1> the best technology does not equate to the best product to do well in
the market place.
2> once market share has been established and recognition claimed, it's
hard for underdogs to rise above that leader, short of buying out your
fellow uderdog competitors to gain a 'larger' share of that market space.
We're seeing alot of this consolidation, still. And this tends to further
weaken the technology thence forthcoming.
I'm sure we'll see alot of speed related advances in all the current major
players in the present market, I'm not so sure we'll see dramatic changes
in the ratings of those leaders though. Certainly I trust the fw-1 folks
to not stand still while their compentitors do R&D and push features to
market, and vice-versa
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
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