> And lo on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:46:50 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did 
> spake, saying:
> 
>> Phil Cook wrote:
>>> And lo on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:11:41 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> 
>>> did spake, saying:
>>>

>>>  But at a 4x heightened efficiency no doubt.
>>
>> Well, it's Cisco, so at least you can geniunely say it's the best 
>> product on the market. (Unlike the Dell thing...) It's expensive, but 
>> at least you can say you're getting build quality.
> 
> It is kind of like buying gold-filigreed oars carved from the finest 
> woods by master craftsman in order to paddle your hide coracle.
> 

Having worked with many brands of switches, Cisco gear clearly 
outperforms the others when it comes to troubleshooting.  This might 
have factored in.  Of course, maybe the guys in the US simply went for 
the "Oooh Shiney!" ads.



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