Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:56:20 -0500 From: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net> To: fkittred@mail.gwi.net Cc: wghicks@bellsouth.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gigabit ethernet -- what am I doing wrong? Message-ID: <19990315235620N.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Mar 1999 08:48:02 -0500" <199903151348.IAA23796@mail.gwi.net> References: <199903151348.IAA23796@mail.gwi.net>
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From: Fletcher E Kittredge <fkittred@mail.gwi.net> > On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:59:44 -0500 W Gerald Hicks wrote: > > Erm... Depends on what one wants to do with it :) > > > > I believe certain market segments would welcome a Gigabit > > Ethernet subsystem on a Rambus with huge memory buffers. > > Hum, the only use of such cards would be PC routers? That's a pretty narrow category :) No, there are quite a few new and previously inconceivable applications emerging to soak up the bandwidth we've gained. > You are talking with a builder/maintainer of PC routers :) > > Having said that, our market niche is *way* small. I don't think this > is a profitable niche. I think that one would be building so few > cards, the cost would be so great per card that it would be cheaper to > buy a Cisco. There are many hidden costs to > developing/building/testing/maintaining/operating PC routers and > Ciscos are already probably cheaper in the long run. I disagree. There are quite a few places where Ciscos just don't fit and people needing solutions are willing to pay for them. Besides, conceding the whole networking market to Cisco isn't good either is it? The niche market is alive and well. Cheers, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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