On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 02:48:55PM +0000, Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
This is possible today. Build your own routers using the right microkernel, OSKIT and the Click Modular Router software and you can have this. When we restrict ourselves only to router packages from major vendors then we are doomed to using outdated technology at inflated prices.
Tell you what Michael, build me some of those, have it pass my labs and I'll give you millions in business. Deal?
The problem with your lab is that you have too many millions to give. In order to win those millions people would have to prove that their box is at least as good as C and J in the core of the largest Internet backbones in the world. That is an awfully big
Let me try this one more time. From the top. You said: begin quote software and you can have this. When we restrict ourselves only to router packages from major vendors then we are doomed to using outdated technology at inflated prices. end quote So now we have
to give. In order to win those millions people would have to prove that their box is at least as good as C and J in the core of the
So the outdated technology at inflated prices is too high of a hurdle to pass for the magic Click Modular Software router, the ones that are allegedly NOT antiquated and are not using outdated technology? But somehow still cannot function in a core?
History shows that if you can build a mousetrap that is technically better than anything on the market, your best route for success is
Thought it went build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door, etc etc etc.
to sell it into niche markets where the customer appreciates the technical advances that you can provide and is willing to pay for those technical advances. I don't think that describes the larger Internet provider networks.
How would you know this? Historically, the cutting edge technology has always gone into the large cores first because they are the ones pushing the bleeding edge in terms of capacity, power, and routing. /vijay