Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 18, 2004 09:27 PM
I agree. As for using "freesco" or "XORP", if you LOOK at those projects, they are not a Cisco router by any means. Yeah, if you want IP only super limited functionality like a SOHO gateway, they may work for ya, but read the "about" pages. XORP doesn't even have a 1.0 release and claims it's at "research" status. Neither claim support for a T1 interface. I'm not dissing the projects, but a standard cisco router is LIGHTYEARS ahead in terms of functionality, protocol support, managability, failover support, etc. Maybe 5 YEARS from now, that will change, but then we need MUCH more diverse special interface cards and a better bus than PCI. Even then, we are only talking about competition at the entry level space - a small market for Cisco in reality.
Cisco has also been pretty good to Linux: VPN client support, free use of conference room for SVLUG, etc.
There are other reasons not to use Cisco however such as their horrible resale policies (license goes with purchaser - not hardware,) limited support (HP Procurve switches have free LIFETIME support and upgrades,) and the fact that you pay 2 - 10 TIMES more for those "benefits", etc. I would like to see cisco improve in these areas. For smaller shops, it doesn't make much sense to use Cisco. In the enterprise, it does. Open source is a non-issue here.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 18, 2004 09:27 PMCisco has also been pretty good to Linux: VPN client support, free use of conference room for SVLUG, etc.
There are other reasons not to use Cisco however such as their horrible resale policies (license goes with purchaser - not hardware,) limited support (HP Procurve switches have free LIFETIME support and upgrades,) and the fact that you pay 2 - 10 TIMES more for those "benefits", etc. I would like to see cisco improve in these areas. For smaller shops, it doesn't make much sense to use Cisco. In the enterprise, it does. Open source is a non-issue here.
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