[3266] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Bug in 1.2.13 firewall?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis)
Mon Jun 17 16:02:11 1996
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 12:11:04 -0400
To: Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no>
From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
>dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
>> Case and point. We sell twice as many LINUX boards as FreeBSD, but our
>> FreeBSD profits are higher. Why. Because people who use linux are cheap,
>> and buy the least expensive boards and are on the low end. The freebsd
>> people buy higher end boards and more of them.
>
>(... and more of them?)
per customer, that is. Most linux folks are one board houses.
>
>I can come up with another explanation: linux and freebsd users have
>different preferences.
>
>If I were going to put another link here or two, I wouldn't use an ET
>card. Sure, the tiny little 64kbit I have works. But I wouldn't use
>it for a big router.
>
>You have a problem with how linux users perceive you.
Or perhaps is it that FreeBSD users have more confidence in their operating
system :-)
We have customers with multiple T1s doing some pretty powerful things. The
bottom
line is that Linux may not (currently) be appropriate for a "big" router.
But the fact
of the matter is that our card is more powerful than some of the most powerful
routers that cost 10 times as much. We explain these fallacies on our web
site at
www.etinc.com/routers.htm
Its not heady stuff. But like yourself, most people think that they're
getting a better solution
with a "big" router and in many cases they're not.
Dennis
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