[20895] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Linux Router KIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Thu Oct 29 12:35:26 1998
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:26:47 -0800 (PST)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
To: John Fraizer <John.Fraizer@EnterZone.Net>
cc: "Adam D. McKenna" <adam@flounder.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19981028171327.006e31d4@pop3.enterzone.net>
On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, John Fraizer wrote:
> Actually, dollar for dollar, the linux box will outperform the cisco. What
> the cisco gives you is much simpler access to the knobs that make the bells
> ring and whistles blow.
Linux gives you access to the source... (*BSD does too...)
Its also far cheaper to get spare parts for PCs than Ciscos...
-Dan
