Re: RADIUS STOP packet. (Was Re: (ASCEND) Radius: stop users from flaming^H^H^H^H^Hdialin two times) (fwd)

[Matt Holdrege <matt@ascend.com>]

At 06:23 PM 3/30/99 -0800, MegaZone wrote:
>Once upon a time willp2 shaped the electrons to say...
>>Regarding this flame about Ascend's proprietary RADIUS attributes:
>>MegaZone- if you don't like it, don't run Ascend.  
>
>I don't, and wouldn't.

If you needed a reason to doubt MZ's credibility, there it is. He doesn't
use Ascend yet he sends ridiculous messages to this list. In the past he
managed to add some good technical content to this list. Lately it's been
uninformed rants. The rest of this message is totally off the wall. 

I guess I shouldn't bother replying since it sets him off every time. But I
just wanted to let our customers know that his suppositions are way off base.


>>It's ironic that Livingston was bought by Lucent, and then Lucent goes and
>>buys Ascend.  (Wasn't Livingston all it was cracked up to be? Or not?)
>
>Ironic?  Hardly.  Lucent did not buy Ascend for the MAX, anyone who
>thinks so is high.  They bought Ascend for two names - Stratus and Cascade,
>which Ascend had acquired.  Lucent has already adopted ComOS as their data
>OS across the board.  The PM-4 is the core of their 5ESS data shelf, and
>their VOIP/FOIP gateway.  And their SS7 system.  It already has a higher
>density and higher performance than the TNT, and it is in first generation.  
>The TNT will die - I'll bet on it, and have.  The PM-4 will get new
>physical interfaces to handle xDSL and OC-3/-3c and will take over the
>role of high end server.
>
>The MAX4000 was already kileld by Ascend.  The MAX6000 is the one I don't
>know for sure really.  It is decent HW, if not for TAOS.  Of course, it
>does currently have Rockwell DSPs - Lucent's major competition.  I can't
>see that surviving even if the product does.  It has the advantage of being
>out while the mid-range PM is still in HW development.  (Based on PM-4
>tech.)
>
>Lucent bought Ascend for the high end ATM/Frame switching gear (Cascade)
>and high availability servers (Stratus).  And, of course, the name and
>customer base.
>
>As a bonus they got some low end stuff - Pipelines - that they really
>haven't had in their portfolio to date.  I expect Navis to get merged with
>OneVision in time.  Lucent went and acquired Port Authority RADIUS, and
>RABU is currently folding RADUS ABM into it - PA will be *the* Lucent RADIUS
>and I expect Navis RADIUS to be terminated as well.
>
>These are my predictions, we'll see how they hold up in due time.
>
>-MZ
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