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Date:      Sat, 17 May 1997 15:02:14 +0000 (GMT)
From:      spork <spork@super-g.com>
To:        Damian Hamill <damian@cablenet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: radius, usr total control and freebsd
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970517145737.4245B-100000@super-g.inch.com>
In-Reply-To: <337C2B73.ABD322C@cablenet.net>

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On Fri, 16 May 1997, Damian Hamill wrote:

> Let me get this straight; you bought a load of USR kit when for half the
> price you could have bought Livingston PM3.  What's worse you can't use
> it.  So you paid twice the price for kit you can't use.

WHoa whoa whoa!  I just work here!  I don't get to do fun things like
buying the nicest product I can find...  I looked at the PM3 after seeing
all the glowing comments about it, and it seemed like the best bang for
the buck.  The Money Man (tm) however, is into deal-making, and the
Livingston folks are just too boring for him...

> 
> hhmmm....  which business college did you go to ?
> 
> Actually I know that the USR NetServers will work with a radius server
> running on a linux/freebsd platform built from livingston source, but I
> suppose that USR presume that if you are dumb enough to waste money on
> their kit then you are probably dumb enough to believe their marketing
> tripe and waste another $5,000 on a version of their 'special' radius
> server for freebsd.

"Special" is an overstatement.  All the punks did was add some options for
menuing and a few little proprietary configs.

> Interoperability ???   what does that mean ????  ...nah I don't think I
> should use that as a criteria when considering what kit to buy!!!!

Comeon.  Everyone loves open standards, but I just am not allowed to buy
what I want....

> regards
> damian 
> 
> OK I admit this was a little facetious but I cannot see a valid reason
> why people would buy USR kit, I can only assume that you bought more on
> market brand than on research into available products.  What's worse you
> probably can't get your money back.  Even if I was foolish enough to buy
> USR in the first place I would tell them to get it working with my
> "INDUSTRY STANDARD" Livingston radius server otherwise the kit would be
> returned for a full refund (that's why we try to pay for everything by
> credit card).
> 
> -- 
> * PIAB - PoP In A Box - the total solution for ISPs, with more features 
> * than a Constable landscape, and very cheap too!!
> * http://www.cablenet.net/cablenet/popinabox/
> *    Damian Hamill        damian@cablenet.net
> 




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