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From: elg@usl.UUCP (Eric Lee Green)
Newsgroups: net.dcom
Subject: Re: TCP/IP terminal concentrators
Message-ID: <838@usl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 27-Jul-86 12:26:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: usl.838
Posted: Sun Jul 27 12:26:50 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 28-Jul-86 01:10:42 EDT
References: <890@bu-cs.UUCP> <485@hplabsc.UUCP> <58@rpics.uucp>
Reply-To: elg@usl.UUCP (Eric Lee Green)
Organization: USL, Lafayette, LA
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In article <58@rpics.uucp> schoff@rpics.UUCP writes:
>> In article <890@bu-cs.UUCP>, bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein) writes:
>> I have noticed in the discussion of tcp/ip terminal concentrators that
>> a new company called cisco Systems has not been mentioned. Their box, ASM
>> has 32 lines for $8K which is cheaper per port than Bridge or Encore.
>> 
>> cisco Systems is located in Menlo Park CA. 
>> 
>> - Robert  (michaels@hplabs)
>>  
>People interested in CISCO should investigate the COMPANY.  Technically
>I see no problems, but it truely is a garage-shop operation, how
>many full time employees do they have? (< 5).

>marty schoffstall
>seismo!rpics!schoff		UUCP

Wow. This guy must not buy any computer besides IBM, because "Nobody
wants to buy anything from some LITTLE company, right?". It is
thinking such as this that stifles technical innovation.... you build
a better mousetrap, then nobody wants to buy it because you're not as
big as Imperial Business Machines.

In other words, I find it a disgusting attitude... though I'd want to
make darn sure that schematics and software source code could be
obtained in the event that the company failed.
{-- 
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      Eric Green {akgua,ut-sally}!usl!elg
         (Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191, Lafayette, LA 70509)