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Re: (ASCEND) In Defense Of Ascend...

Chris,

we too have done this - replaced Solaris with Sparc Linux - and as you said, 
IMHO SLinux works FAR better than Solaris.

adam



> On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Jason Nealis wrote:
> 
> >  FYI, Just let it be known, That here at Erols we use LINUX all over
> > the network from accounting servers to authentication server to WWW
> > servers to DNS servers. 
> > 
> >  We even developed a radius that is far more optimized for speed then
> > just about anything out there, LINUX has a BIG presence out
> > in the ISP industry. 
> 
> INDEED!  I would have thought Ascend would have gotten the message by now
> and started supporting Linux.  We use Linux on many of our servers (We
> even REPLACED Solaris with it on a Sparc) because of the source availability
> and the quick response to security issues which Sun just couldn't give us,
> at ANY price.  Not to mention I believe that Sparc Linux is better than
> Solaris ;-P
> 
> We're not the only ones, I know of a local ISP or two in the area as well as
> some major ISP's in Canada, Ohio, Virginia, etc etc etc that are using it. 
> Ascend is very mistaken if they don't think a large number of their
> customers are running it.  We often just ignore Ascends commercial products
> since it doesn't even support Linux and move on to create our own solutions. 
> Not that we wouldn't mind spending the money on one of their products tho.
> 
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