I've never understood this...there are so many complexities going into
design of the switches, product development, the junos development, and
they can't get the shipping software version right? Seems like such an easy
detail.

/randomthoughts

-Morgan


On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Jeff Wheeler <j...@inconcepts.biz> wrote:

> Junos 11.4R1.6 is currently shipping on new EX-series switches.  In
> this release, the CLI program isn't even stable.  I've had it crash on
> me before I can even get as far as to commit a root password.
>
> For the EX PMs who may be reading, please change the version that
> ships on new-in-box units to one that isn't so buggy that it should
> never have been released.
>
> Is it your express goal to make sure customers buying new units
> understand than many Junos releases are such garbage as to be
> unusable?  To inform us that your Q/A is non-existent?
>
> Is there an 11.4R that basically works?  Yes.
>
> Is there one that JTAC recommends?  Yes.
>
> Is the currently-shipping version covered by Juniper security
> vulnerability notices indicated to be serious?  Also, yes.
>
> Is that supposedly-serious vulnerability fixed in the JTAC-recommended
> version, which functions better?  Again, yes.
>
> Why is that not the version that ships on new kit from the
> distributors?  Bad management.
> --
> Jeff S Wheeler <j...@inconcepts.biz>
> Sr Network Operator  /  Innovative Network Concepts
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Thanks,
Morgan
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