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Re: Linux Router KIT

  • From: Phil Howard
  • Date: Thu Oct 29 18:30:28 1998

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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