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Re: Linux Router KIT


From: Phil Howard <phil () whistler intur net>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 17:15:14 -0600 (CST)

Dan Hollis wrote:

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, John Fraizer wrote:
Actually, dollar for dollar, the linux box will outperform the cisco.  What
the cisco gives you is much simpler access to the knobs that make the bells
ring and whistles blow.

Linux gives you access to the source... (*BSD does too...)

Its also far cheaper to get spare parts for PCs than Ciscos...

It's also possible to get spare parts for PCs at 8 PM on Saturday.
Not true for Cisco.

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