Not true. There are 14 or so active beta sites right now and they a mix
of big and small networks.
>were involved in the PM3 beta, rather than any of the smaller folks who
>frequent this list (although I do recall one positive post here from a
This is also untrue. I believe a number of the beta sites are people who
frequent this list. Beta sites are not allowed to talk about the beta.
>staff member of a beta site). So much for non-disclosure. At least nobody
>posted a bug list (not that there are any). <g>!
Of course there are bugs. That is what a beta is for - eliminating the bugs
before the product ships.
>uneasy with the development of new products when certain promised features in
>the old ones have yet to be delivered.
You are probably talking about OSPF, right?
>Couple this with an increasing difficulty in obtaining technical support, and
This I find hard to believe. We have an active track of the call queue and
response times are lower than they have been in a while. And email reponse
time is back to about the level I had it at when I was doing it all.
>a rumor that Livingston is selling out to a venture capital firm very soon,
>and I just can't help but to have a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach.
This just doesn't make *any* sense. Why would Livingston - which has never
used vulture capital - want to go with it *now* when we're growing and are
profitable enough to be self-sustaining?
>In another year from now, I can't help but wonder if Livingston will either
>be a public company or merged with someone bigger.
Well, I know a lot of people who will be happy when we're public. I wouldn't
mind. :-)
-MZ
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