[4745] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Advice on dealing with Sprint
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Dillon)
Fri Sep 27 13:24:36 1996
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 10:09:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199609271330.OAA02407@NetBSD.noc.EASYNET.NET>
On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Neil J. McRae wrote:
> BUT its a little alarming to see Sprint saying you can only use CISCO routers,
> when infact other routers work equally well, if not better.
> I just wanted to note that other routers can do the job. I hope this
> idea doesn't spread to any other backbone providers.
If it does, then it is time to get the anti-trust lawyers involved. It's
one thing to have a close working relationship with Cisco and to recommend
Cisco products, but quite another thing entirely to "require" the use of
Cisco products.
Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting
Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
