Date: 25 Feb 1998 10:46:14 -0600 From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Token Ring for FreeBSD yet? Message-ID: <854t1n3a5l.fsf@localhost.zilker.net> In-Reply-To: Robert Withrow's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:19:40 -0500" References: <199802250219.VAA23312@spooky.rwwa.com>
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Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com> writes: > marquard@zilker.net said: > :- I sure wish someone would tell IBM! :-) IBM (and perhaps some > :- others--I don't quite recall) are now talking about 100 Mb/sec Token > :- Ring. > > While everyone else is *making* Gigabit Ethernets. Including IBM. I work for IBM, so I can speak to this a little. IBM has all of these large corporate customers (including IBM itself) that have a big investment in Token Ring. If they can keep these people happy by creating 100 Mb/sec. token ring on the same wiring, they'll make some money. That's what's driving IBM. Anyway, if you don't like Token Ring, don't buy it. -Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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