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<div class="">Arista is making waves in the industry for all the right reason. I don’t use their kit but it’s great to see anyone making quality products. Nothing wrong with a little disruption, particularly if it helps the other quality vendors reassess their
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<div class="">As for selling out to Cisco, couldn’t see that one happening. Andy Bechtolsheim’s done that one before and I can’t imagine him doing it again.</div>
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<div class="">On 1 Jul 2016, at 3:01 PM, Skeeve Stevens <<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com" class="">skeeve+ausnog@eintellegonetworks.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div class="">They can say all they like, but in the end, there is a risk - maybe not a big one, because equipment will happily work as it does now.</div>
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<div class="">But that doesn't mean future releases of EOS might lose some features. If they have infringed (and I could care less if they have), then they won't be able to just do the same thing in another way... that what IP protects. So likely it will be
a different feature people will have to move to - which will mean changes.</div>
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<div class="">Personally I think in the end Arista will disappear, be bought by someone - maybe Cisco, gutted, etc... that is the best play for them.</div>
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<div class=""><b style="font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri" class="">Skeeve Stevens - Founder & The Architect</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:13px" class=""> - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd</span></div>
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