[176169] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin M. Streiner)
Mon Nov 17 15:35:23 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:34:50 -0500 (EST)
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <546A488A.3090400@ceriz.fr>
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2014, J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me Nicolle wrote:
> Is it unrealistic to hope for enough salesmen pressure on the corporate
> ladder to make such moronic attitude be reversed in the short term ?
No salesperson is likely to do that for you. They know only to well that=
=20
eliminating vendor lock-in means they will lose sales on artificially=20
costly optics from $vendor to a lower-cost rival. Less sales =3D less=20
commission for the affected sales person.
jms
