Group,
Wanted to poll some opinions. Yesterday I read an article which had an
interview with Sam Halabi. In his interview he noted his reason for leaving
Cisco was he thought it was a bad idea to get rid of their high end ATM
switches. (I assume he is referring to the BPX's when he say's their high
end ATM switches, and not the IGX, and MGX, but I don't know for sure?) It
does seem like a crazy idea. I would've figured they really had a firm seat
in this market, and pull in quite a bit of revenue from WAN ATM switch
sales. It seems like they should've put some more effort into the software
on these devices and get more people comfortable with their operation? Not
necessarily changing the way they pass cells, but the CLI? Who am I to say
though? I just get tired of knowing regular Cisco IOS and then also having
to know IGX commands, too.
I myself feel this is a bad idea, but I look forward to what Cisco has in
mind to fill this void. I haven't known Cisco to make too many bad decisions
except ofcourse the 700 series ~:oP. I wonder if the thought is that they
can create an ip device to operate as fast as these ATM switches?
Maybe I'm out in left field, if I am I hope someone sets me straight. I look
forward to the group's replies.
>>>Brian
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