From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 24 10:40:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA08829 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 24 May 1996 10:40:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from okjunc.junction.net (root@okjunc.junction.net [199.166.227.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA08804 for ; Fri, 24 May 1996 10:40:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sidhe.memra.com (sidhe.memra.com [199.166.227.105]) by okjunc.junction.net (8.6.11/8.6.11) with SMTP id JAA17364; Fri, 24 May 1996 09:56:04 -0700 Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 10:39:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Dillon To: "Karl Denninger, MCSNet" cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU In-Reply-To: <199605241549.LAA01078@etinc.com> Message-ID: Organization: Memra Software Inc. - Internet consulting MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 24 May 1996, Dennis wrote: > >First, commercial boxes come with support. Support that an ISP will NEED. > > Um...well we give full WAN support with our products, and its a lot better > than you get from most of the "commercial" companies from what i > hear. > > >And yes, Dennis, I am a developer. 99% of the software running here, > >including the entire FreeBSD-based authentication and database systems at > >MCSNet, were written by me. 15+ years of experience in this industry. Karl, you really should check into the ET products. Dennis has been active on some of the ISP mailing lists that I don't think you follow any more and has certainly proven that he understands WAN technology inside out and that his products (which include a lot of software components) really are darn good. I've seen him giving support to customers and seen quite a few customer testimonials and descriptions of how they are using the ET cards. One guy even has a FreeBSD box with ET cards sitting at MAE-East as his gateway router peering with several NSP's. In fact, I can't help comparing both you, Karl, and Dennis (of ET) because you both come across on these mailing lists as incredibly competent technically with a tendency to arrogance that leads occasionaly to mild flamewars when you chew out somebody who hasn't got a clue and makes some stupid comment or other. This isn't bad, mind you, and in my 20 years of experience in the computer industry I have found that it's a good indicator that you are dealing with a real expert. I urge everyone to check out http://www.etinc.com and consider using their products. They are especially useful to people that want "total control" over their systems because ET cards in a FreeBSD box make it possible to get much closer to that ideal. Michael Dillon ISP & Internet Consulting Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com