On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Daniel Golding wrote: > It has become trendy, in some circles, > performance/congestion/non-deterministic nature/lack of security/<insert > issue here>. After firmly denouncing the Internet, the company or > individual then touts their product, which will fix/replace/augment the > Internet.
Really? Vendors trying to sell useless products? no way! Its amazing the level of internet snake oil that still persists; and even more hillarious is what people pay for it. I thought the bubble bursting would've cut that out, yet still people pay actual dollars for "optimized" internet routing appliances, and craptacular PC's filled with duct tape and glue software. > In the mean time, I've decided to enjoy the Internet in the precious little > time it has left. (yes, that was sarcasm) Well, we can always enjoy Internet2...