[53465] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: PAIX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (fkittred@gwi.net)
Fri Nov 15 09:55:56 2002
To: David Diaz <techlist@smoton.net>
Cc: Pete Kruckenberg <pete@kruckenberg.com>, nanog@merit.edu
From: fkittred@gwi.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:36:54 EST."
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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:55:18 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:36:54 -0500 David Diaz wrote:
>
> People seem to prefer cost of quality at this time.
>
> Good
> Fast
> Cheap
Honey, part of our success is that I don't accept the above. Sooner
or later, you will have to compete with someone who believes:
"Good
Fast
Cheap
we do all three."
When one really knows one's field, it is possible to design simple
systems. In the networking world, the qualities simple bring are:
Good (reliable),
Fast,
Cheap.
In a field where people think that it is perfectly acceptable to run
MPLS through a NAT connected via PPP over Ethernet over ATM, it isn't
harder to be simpler than the competition.
good luck,
fletcher
