[16834] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wired Q: Embedded NT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu May 14 12:37:21 1998
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 09:28:34 -0700
From: owen@DeLong.SJ.CA.US (Owen DeLong)
To: nanog@merit.edu, james@wired.com
Given the brokenness of NT's networking stack, I would certainly reject
any solution which involved embedding NT in a piece of networking hardware.
Owen
> Hi all,
>
> James Glave at Wired News again. This time around I am seeking opinions on
> behalf of a friend up at Wired (the print magazine) -- concerning embedded
> NT. I couldn't find any discussion in the nanog archive, so I'm wondering
> if anoyne here has any experience with, or knowledge of, embedding NT in
> networking hardware - if that even makes any sense....?
>
> >From: Jesse Freund <freund@wired.com>
> >i'm working on a piece about nt-embedded and i have a couple of questions.
> >i'm hoping you might be able to hook me up with a smart network operator or
> >someone else in the know or perhaps you know. basically, i'm curious why
> >the hell someone would want a version of nt embedded in a switch or router?
> >and who provides the custom solutions nt-embedded is meant to replace?
>
> Thanks, all!
>
> jtg
>
> James Glave, Senior Technology Writer
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