[4746] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Advice on dealing with Sprint
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Fri Sep 27 13:42:24 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: michael@memra.com (Michael Dillon)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 13:35:05 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960927100610.8968T-100000@sidhe.memra.com> from "Michael Dillon" at Sep 27, 96 10:09:06 am
>
> 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
>
Anti-trust against Cisco? Or Sprint?
I don't see it...
Avi
