[20938] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Linux Router KIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Howard)
Thu Oct 29 18:32:23 1998
From: Phil Howard <phil@whistler.intur.net>
To: goemon@sasami.anime.net (Dan Hollis)
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:15:14 -0600 (CST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981028142550.16380B-100000@sasami.anime.net> from "Dan Hollis" at Oct 28, 98 02:26:47 pm
Dan Hollis wrote:
> 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...
It's also possible to get spare parts for PCs at 8 PM on Saturday.
Not true for Cisco.
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