RE: remember the "diameter of the internet"?

[brett watson <brett () the-watsons org>]

--On Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:17 PM -0700 Vadim Antonov 
<avg () exigengroup com> wrote:
> Demonstrably (proof by existence), those switches can be made reasonably
> reliable. So can be routers. It's the fabled computer tech culture of "be
> crappy, ship fast, pile features sky high, test after you ship" aka OFRV's
> Micro$oft envy, which is the root evil.

now *that* i agree with, and to be even more specific, it's not that any of 
us are against making profits...  it's that many of these vendors, and 
service providers, have decided to make a profit at the expense of 
*everything* else (good service, happy customer, etc).

i truly wonder how low the economy, and specifically this industry, is 
going to have to go before this paradigm is shifted.

-b