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Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules
From: "Naslund, Steve" <SNaslund () medline com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:05:07 +0000
They want the ability to buy off the shelf components when they manufacture. They just don't want you to have the same privilege when you purchase. Your switches and routers are made of a bunch of OEM components with some custom programmed ASICS and some secret sauce. If they used non standard interface specs their costs would go through the roof as their power supplies, memory, storage, and NICS would be all custom development. Steven Naslund Chicago IL
On Nov 18, 2014, at 12:42 PM, "Baldur Norddahl" <baldur.norddahl () gmail com> wrote: If they really wanted to lock you in, they would have triangular modules instead of square... Or I suppose the vendors like to be able to shop around for modules, before they relabel and sell them to you at a 10x markup.
Current thread:
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules, (continued)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Ken Matlock (Nov 17)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Jérôme Nicolle (Nov 17)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Naslund, Steve (Nov 17)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Justin M. Streiner (Nov 17)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Nick Hilliard (Nov 17)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Patrick W. Gilmore (Nov 17)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Jérôme Nicolle (Nov 17)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Ryan Pugatch (Nov 18)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Patrick W. Gilmore (Nov 17)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Max Tulyev (Nov 18)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Baldur Norddahl (Nov 18)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Naslund, Steve (Nov 18)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Richard Hesse (Nov 25)
- Re: A case against vendor-locking optical modules Baldur Norddahl (Nov 18)