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However how would you like NSF to require larger funding then they already get because gated goes for free. cjm > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Roeland M.J. Meyer > Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 2:31 AM > To: Jon Lewis > Cc: Scott Mace; brad; [email protected] > Subject: Re: $110,000 for Gated Source Code > > > At 11:48 PM 6/8/98 -0400, Jon Lewis wrote: > >On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Scott Mace wrote: > > > >> I think you would be suprised at the number of commercial > networking > >> vendors that use GateD source code as the basis for their routing > >> protocol suite... > > > >And if they're going to sell products based on gated, they should be > >paying royalties to the Gated Consortium...but why should > the average ISP > >that wants to try some of the features of gated 4.x be > forced to put down > >a big chunk of change? Many ISPs will have the attitude "if > I have to > >spend X on gated, and still pay for the hardware and figure out the > >software, I'll just hand the money to Cisco and have one > company to point > >fingers at if it doesn't work or breaks." > > Actually, I'll just use 3.5.9 and point my corporate fingers > at MERIT if it > doesn't work, or breaks. Further, if I have run-rime problems > I may point > legal fingers that way, as well. Flemming *has* a point, > since GateD is NSF > funded, it shouldn't be for-profit. I guarantee that my tax > dollars are > already paying for it. Why should I pay extra? > ___________________________________________________ > Roeland M.J. Meyer, ISOC (InterNIC RM993) > e-mail: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > Internet phone: hawk.mhsc.com > Personal web pages: <http://www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer>www.mhsc.com/~rmeyer > Company web-site: <http://www.mhsc.com/>www.mhsc.com/ > ___________________________________________ > SecureMail from MHSC.NET is coming soon! >
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