Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 12:21:01 -0400 From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) To: Sean Doran <smd@cesium.clock.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The view from here (was Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU) Message-ID: <199605271621.MAA08447@etinc.com>
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Sean Doran writes... > >Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> writes: >| your (ridiculous) allusion to the "Sun Sparc" is a clear indication >| that you just dont get it. > >Actually, I only mention this because the largest dialup >ISP in the U.K. (and quite likely all of Europe) use Sun >SPARCs running NetBSD as routers, and in the NetBSD world >make much of this whenever the word Cisco is mentioned. > >I wonder if the irony of you attacking their position as >ridiculous is lost on you if you haven't seen any of the >Demon folks discussing *NIX boxes vs. dedicated routers. > >I also wonder if you have looked at pricing out a SPARC >system vs a comparably high-end built-for-reliability PC >lately, particularly outside of North America or in the >face of bulk and educational discounting schemes. Well, I was talking about price/performance and modularity. How much is a Sparc with 32Meg and dual T1s and Dual Fast Ethernets anyways? Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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