cisco considering dumping Apache

[Marc Slemko <ma...@worldgate.com>]

>From
http://www.zdnet.com/icom/content/anchors/199802/09/ecom.bonanza/3.html :

	     For example, Cisco is evaluating an array of push,
	     search, customer-profiling, dynamic content generation
	     and application framework technologies, and electronic
	     commerce packages, says Aragon-Stemel It is also
	     considering replacing its Apache server with Netscape
	     Commerce Server, as well as adding a third T3 line
	     through Digital Island, an ISP in Hawaii, to ensure
	     network performance, she adds.

Boo.

(erm... why do they want a T3 through Hawaii?)

Re: cisco considering dumping Apache

[Chuck Murcko <ch...@topsail.org>]

Marc Slemko wrote:
> 
> From
> http://www.zdnet.com/icom/content/anchors/199802/09/ecom.bonanza/3.html :
> 
>              For example, Cisco is evaluating an array of push,
>              search, customer-profiling, dynamic content generation
>              and application framework technologies, and electronic
>              commerce packages, says Aragon-Stemel It is also
>              considering replacing its Apache server with Netscape
>              Commerce Server, as well as adding a third T3 line
>              through Digital Island, an ISP in Hawaii, to ensure
>              network performance, she adds.
> 
> Boo.
> 
> (erm... why do they want a T3 through Hawaii?)

Digital Island is in the business of high bandwidth Pacific routing, and
has assembled a pretty good backbone. If you've ever looked into getting
a network into, say, Japan, or Korea, you know the tariffs will kill
you. Better to let someone else deal with that rubbish.
-- 
chuck
Chuck Murcko            The Topsail Group             West Chester PA
USA
chuck@topsail.org