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Re: (ASCEND) Lucent -=-> Ascend --> ? (fwd)
On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:12:38 -0700 (PDT), MegaZone wrote:
>Once upon a time Jason Nealis shaped the electrons to say...
>>it was one of the most impressive boxes I have laid my eyes on, but then
>>1 week after the Ascend buy-out of cascade the cascade NAS's where
>>terminated. Bah.. I think there is just too much of a installed base of
>>Ascend gear for lucent to just discontinue, Even though the PM4 may
>>be superior, the installed base of Ascend gear will over shadow that.
>
>The installed base of PortMaster's isn't exactly negligible - the installed
>base of Cascade access gear was.
>
>And keep in mind that the TNT is being replaced by the TNT II anyway. And
>by all reports it is NOT HW compatible with the old units. THey could
>easily continue to produce the TNT for current customers, but why bring out
>a TNT II when the PM-4 is out? It would be easier to add any desired
>features to the PM-4 and consolidate on the existing platform.
>
>I think the real question would be MAX6000 and PM-3. I'd rather think the
>PM-3 would replace the MAX4000 family, while the MAX6000 might continue.
>That could stop development of a higher density PM-3+ unit.
Argh !!
TNT to be replaced by the TNT II ??
Do we have any information on the TNT II (proposed) ??
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