Re: NetScreen / Juniper
Joseph S D Yao <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 05:30:31AM -0700, Travis Watson wrote: ... > merger gets them much closer. And, with this merger, I would say that it's > the final death blow to any firewall not on ASIC or running a > micro-kernel/controller architecture. So the question isn't really "should I > put an investment in Netscreen or Cisco?" but "should I put an investment > into any company that is not Netscreen or Cisco?" I just can't imagine how > Checkpoint, Sidewinder, etc. can be viable products 5 years from now unless > they significantly re-architect their systems very soon. OK, what kind of pure application proxies are available in an ASIC or a micro-kernel/controller architecture? > As for Netscreen/Juniper, they aren't leaving anytime soon. They did beat out Cisco in some money thing in the Business section this week. [I don't follow the money stuff very well.] -- Joe Yao [email protected] - Joseph S. D. Yao OSIS Center Systems Support EMT-B ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is not an official statement of OSIS Center policies.