Re: [fw-wiz] Intel vs. special purpose FW-1 servers

From: Marcus J. Ranum (mjr_at_ranum.com)
Date: 07/22/05

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    To: David Lang <david.lang@digitalinsight.com>, Emily Conrad <emilydconrad@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:06:26 -0400

    David Lang wrote:
    >as others have said, find out what your real performance requirements are, and keep the future in mind.

    I'd like to comment on the "future" issue. Keep it in mind, but don't waste
    your money on extra capacity. The cost of capacity will drop and technology
    will track the growth in capacity over time. Buying something that has a
    future is pointless for 3 reasons:
    - The future will be different than you think it will be
    - The company you buy a "future proof" product only has a 50/50 chance of
            having a future, itself
    - The future will be cheaper than the present - and in the VERY RARE case
            where it's not the same thing that makes it more expensive will also
            make your capacity upgrade more expensive so it'll be irrelevant

    With technology today I recommend (in general) never buying maintenance
    and expecting to turn a product over ever year or 2 - or keep it indefinitely
    as long as it works. I tend to do scorched-earth hard disk upgrades every
    2 years (yay, digital photography) but I am still using Office '95 and it runs
    just great on my 2Ghz machine.

    So, yes, think about the future - but think about it from the standpoint
    of "most of this stuff DOESN'T HAVE A FUTURE."

    mjr.

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