From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon May 27 09:14:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA22580 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 27 May 1996 09:14:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from etinc.com (etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA22575 for ; Mon, 27 May 1996 09:14:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dialup-usr11.etinc.com (dialup-usr11.etinc.com [204.141.95.132]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA08447; Mon, 27 May 1996 12:21:01 -0400 Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 12:21:01 -0400 Message-Id: <199605271621.MAA08447@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Sean Doran From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) Subject: Re: The view from here (was Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Sean Doran writes... > >Dennis 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