Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 00:12:00 +0200 From: "Petri Helenius" <pete@he.iki.fi> To: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, "Joseph T. Klein" <jtk@titania.net> Cc: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: support of iso networking Message-ID: <041c01c2d863$ed9ac3e0$932a40c1@PHE> References: <5C61A316-4450-11D7-A4C1-003065BA9B36@titania.net>
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> On the other hand the NetBSD folks don't see it as dead weight > and systems that may need to talk with core routers that use > IS-IS end up on other platforms. > > Perhaps this is why Arbor uses NetBSD. > It should be noted that hardly anything qualifies as "dead weight" on operating system that runs on your toaster, car stereo and washing machine not to mention old computers. There are different tools for different tasks and the quest for "there should be only one" is futile. The most significant router vendor using an open source OS is based on FreeBSD anyway so there should be no reason for shame. Pete To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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