Totally agree.
Perhaps another Elon Musk to streamline and scale chip manufacturing.
Regards
Paschal Masha | Engineering
Skype ID: paschal.masha
From: "Mark Tinka" <mark@tinka.africa>
To: "nanog" <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2022 4:41:14 PM
Subject: DMARC ViolationDKIM ViolationSerious Juniper Hardware EoL Announcements
So Juniper have gone ahead and announced the EoL
of some key devices that, IMHO, are nowhere near past their prime:
- MX204 (to be replaced by the MX304)
- MX10003 (to be replaced by the MX304)
- PTX1000 (to be replaced by the PTX10001)
Re: the PTX1000, I know it is a component issue that Juniper have
mentioned is the reason for EoL'ing this. We bought a fair bit in
the past 2 years, and technically, there is nothing wrong with
them. We are going ahead with the PTX10001 as a replacement,
because it works technically and otherwise.
Having both the MX10003 and MX304 in the same portfolio did not
make any sense to me, and I did challenge Juniper on this over the
past several weeks as to what their strategy for both platforms
is. I guess we now have an answer :-\. Pity - we started buying
the MX10003 last year, but I have no problem with the MX304 as
long as the price continues to work.
The MX204 is pure shocker! Unless the MX304 will come with a
license-based approach to run at MX204 pricing, that is Juniper
shooting themselves in the foot.
This chip shortage issue is, I think, being used as a crutch to
take the p*ss.
Mark.
