[28762] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CIDR Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (brett watson)
Mon May 15 14:46:16 2000
Message-Id: <200005151843.LAA23582@ug.mibh.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 May 2000 11:29:55 EDT."
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Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 11:43:48 -0700
From: brett watson <bwatson@mibh.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>
> > Gee..., why didn't anyone else think of that?
> > Cisco, are you listening? You need to make a GSR that does BGP
> > updates faster, ok? While you're at it, you need to write bug-free
> > software and build routers that never fail, ok?
>
> C'mon. I'm obviously not suggesting it is as easy as "ask and ye shall
> receive". My point here is that demand drives the market, and if it
> becomes clear that routers with faster BGP implementations are what is
> needed, that is just what the vendors will (eventually, at least)
> develope.
you're forgetting (or not admitting here) that a corporation's primary
motivators are profit and shareholder value. a vendor will surely
develop anything that gains them significant market share, or
significant increase in profits, or significant increase in revenues.
driven by demand alone, a market is not.
"routers with faster bgp implemetations are what is needed" is what we
say, but the question a vendor asks is "does it increase my profit
margin, revenues, or market position?". what we "want" is mostly
irrelevant.
-b
