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On 2008-01-25 13:58, william wong <beijing.liangjie@gmail.com> wrote:
> That brings me to another ponder: why juniper and cisco are using
> FreeBSD and not Linux even Linux performs better in an UP environment?

That's probably something only Juniper and Cisco can answer with a
sufficiently high degree of confidence that the answer *does* reflecty
reality.  I bet you the licensing model plays an important part in the
decision though :)