Re: Why waste your time and money on 2400b pri circuit- we need OSPF NOW! (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Sat, 30 Nov 1996 11:44:28 -0800 (PST)

Once upon a time patrick@value.net shaped the electrons to say...
>My understanding from your previous comments on the subject, is that OSPF
>was developed using the 2e's and 2eR's *first*, yet it is released on your
>flagship product before being released on the product that it was

The final development was on PM-3 along with the other units.

>That's what beta programs are for. You have already had a beta program
>on OSPF, right? And what platforms were the beta programs on? The 2e/eR's
>and the PM-3, right?

You have to be extraordinarily naive to believe a beta program can cover
*every* situation. You cover as many situations as you can, but something
is always going to pop up in the real world that no one could anticipate
in the beta. It happens with all kinds of products.

I'll say it again - the PM-3 needed a new ComOS *anyway* so it made sense
to put OSPF in that release for it's debut. But it is logical to play
it cautiously and see how things go before putting it out on all platforms.

That is how we're doing it.

-MZ

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