[AusNOG] 10GbE Switching Options

[Claudiu Claudiu]

A view from PacketPushers (podcast) on the Cisco v Arista
https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/network-break-93-cisco-v-arista-round-2-network-startups-multiply/

Let's not exagerate.

On Friday, July 1, 2016, Skeeve Stevens <
skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:

> THey don't want to.. but will they have much choice.
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> ...Skeeve
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> *Skeeve Stevens - Founder & The Architect* - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 3:41 PM, David Hughes <david at hughes.com.au
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','david at hughes.com.au');>> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Thanks
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>> David
>> …
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>> On 1 Jul 2016, at 3:01 PM, Skeeve Stevens <
>> skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','skeeve%2Bausnog at eintellegonetworks.com');>>
>> wrote:
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>> Look backwards... they've been saying things for how long now?
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>> 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.
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>>
>> ...Skeeve
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>> *Skeeve Stevens - Founder & The Architect* - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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