Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 23:31:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Arnold <tom@inna.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: T1 upgrade options? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970709232652.20894H-100000@caught.inna.net> In-Reply-To: <2735.868489228@time.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> To use a car analogy, Cisco basically produces the Cadillacs of the
> router world whereas Livingston makes Yugos and Ascend makes VWs. :-)
> Not everyone needs, wants or can afford a Cadillac, but many of those
> features are nice to have if you're going to drive a car at all.
> Similarly, the "VW" is cheap but of reasonably good quality and the
> Yugo, well, you buy one of those when cost is the #1 consideration and
> you are resigned to the fact that it'll be no fun to drive and also
> perhaps spend some amount of time by the side of the road, waiting for
> the tow-truck. :-)
Hrm. I agree with your Cisco Assessment, but, Figure that VW made how
many millions of Beetles with few or no defects ( unlike ascend ).
And to say a livingston was a Yugo... Well... I think of it more as a Ford
Grenada... It'll run forever with regular maintenance, they'll be a few
recalls and you damn well better keep oil in it. And dont expect those
fancy features ( leather interior, nice user interface ) after all, you
bought the run-of-the-mill family mobile.
I do have to say that once you get over the user interface they just seem
to keep going and going and going... but I'd NEVER use one for my main
link.
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