Mystery open source switching company claims top-of-rack price edge(was Re: Pica8 - Open Source Cloud Switch)

Tammy A Wisdom tammy-lists at wiztech.biz
Sat Oct 30 18:40:06 UTC 2010


Put down the crackpipe. Your product isn't that great  
the b& should be dropped on u shortly
Ps welcome to the ahbl tard
Tammy

Tammy A Wisdom
Summit Open Source Development Group


-----Original Message-----
From: Lin Pica8 <pica8.org at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 16:42:36 
To: <nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: Mystery open source switching company claims top-of-rack price edge
	(was Re: Pica8 - Open Source Cloud Switch)

Hello,

For your information :

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102810-pica8-opensource-switching.html?page=1

Mail : pica8.org at gmail.com

2010/10/19 Lin Pica8 <pica8.org at gmail.com>:
> Hello,
>
> To have a better overview of a Cloud (or OpenFlow) Switch, I would
> greatly appreciate to invite you to a further reading of the
> presentation entitled "FI technologies on cloud computing and trusty
> networking" from our partner, Chunghwa Telecom (Leading ISP in Taiwan)
> :
>
> http://www.asiafi.net/meeting/2010/summerschool/p/chu.pdf
>
> Mail : pica8.org at gmail.com
>
> 2010/10/18 Lin Pica8 <pica8.org at gmail.com>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We are starting to distribute Pica8 Open Source Cloud Switches :
>>
>> http://www.pica8.com/
>>
>> Especially, a Pica8 Switch with the following specifications
>> (including Open Source Firmware) :
>>
>> -HW : 48x1Gbps + 4x10 Gbps
>>
>> -Firmware :  L2/L3 management for VLAN, LACP, STP/RSTP, LLDP, OSPF,
>> RIP, static route, PIM-SM, VRRP, IGMP, IGMP Snooping, IPv6,
>> Radius/Tacacs+ as well as OpenFlow 1.0
>>
>> would compete with a Cisco Catalyst 2960-S, Model WS-C2960S-48TD-L for
>> half the price (~2k USD).
>>
>> Mail : pica8.org at gmail.com
>>
>



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