[AusNOG] 10GbE Switching Options

[David Hughes]

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 pricing :)

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.


Thanks

David
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On 1 Jul 2016, at 3:01 PM, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com<mailto:skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com>> wrote:

Look backwards... they've been saying things for how long now?

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.

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.

Personally I think in the end Arista will disappear, be bought by someone - maybe Cisco, gutted, etc... that is the best play for them.


...Skeeve

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