Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:31:26 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: opsys@mail.webspan.net, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ill be da*ned Juniper lists FreeBSd as its roots for JUNOS Message-ID: <199807020531.XAA28783@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980701163905.13885C-100000@orion.webspan.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980701163905.13885C-100000@orion.webspan.net>
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My hidden microphone recorded Open Systems Networking (opsys@mail.webspan.net)
saying:
% This was MOST cool! Juniper just announced availability of its JUNOS
% routing software and they even to my astonishment were very clear in
% announcing it was using FreeBSD as it's root. Mainly the kernel.
% I for one was EXTREMELY pleased to see this announced on their pages.
% Of course the part about ripping out a significant piece of the networking
% code because it couldnt handle the LARGE ammounts of net traffic juniper
% says its using their junos for COULD have been left out IMO :-)
You'd be surprised the amount of work it takes to make an industrial-
strength router, even from FreeBSD sources. The L3 switches I work on
during the day are based on VxWorks, which is based on the 4.2 BSD TCP/IP
implementation, but our TCP/IP stack has been hacked on by some very
talented engineers for over 4 years to get to the point where it is now.
Not to mention the fact that switches work in a very different environment
from a "normal" router. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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