On Tue, 15 Oct 1996 21:54:11 +0100 (BST), peter@wonderland.org writes:
since as Dave O'Leary has told me for a long time "Sooner or later everyone ends up working for cisco" and he seems to be right.
Or maybe, everyone stops at cisco sometime in their career.
Although, I know lots of smart smart smart people who haven't. One of them is looking for a job, and he's not looking at cisco. (not me...)
And since we have *never* had a Cisco in our own network, as the largest dialup IP provider in the UK if not Europe (as a single company), we have gone from not seeing the need to not seeing the point or buying and Cisco gear. It's like IBM was in the 60s/70s. "No one ever got fired for buying Cisco." Sheesh.
The salespeople in the UK are using that tactic too? If a sales rep EVER walked into my office and fed me a line like that, I would end the meeting right there. As it is, I refuse to do business with Cisco not because of their products, but because of their marketing department and their corporate attitude of "We're the best, nobody can touch us, and if you want to buy our product you better bend over backwards to do what we want you to do." That was their attitude three years ago when our company was just getting started, and I haven't noticed it change much today. As for competition, keep an eye on Bay. They are putting some serious effort into Internet development. The hardware is already there, and has been there for a long time. The software is getting there very quickly, especially with companies like mine and ANS working with them. I have a feeling Cisco will always be in the lead, but they may not have such a comfortable lead for much longer. Which is a Good Thing, since competition fuels development. -Jon ----------------------------------------------------------------- * Jon Green * Wide-Area Networking Technician * * jon@netINS.net * Iowa Network Services, Inc. * * Finger for Geek Code/PGP * 312 8th Street, Suite 730 * * #include "std_disclaimer.h" * Des Moines, IA 50309 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------