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From: jason philbrook[SMTP:jp@c6h22o11.midcoast.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 1997 5:11 PM
To: Mike.Kenning@gems1.gov.bc.ca
Cc: portmaster-users@livingston.com; cdr@livingston.com
Subject: Re: Future releases and 1 MB RAM
Sounds like a government to even remotely consider replacing the
portmasters because of a $100 upgrade (labor included)
Here's some common sense:
1) If it's not broken, don't fix it. If comOS 3.3 is doing the job to
your satisfaction, why upgrade to 3.5+?
2) Buy another router or two or three. Clone the configuration onto one
of the new spares and send it out to be replace the one with inadequate
memory. Upgrade the memory and use it to replace another one. Give this
tedious but huge money saver to one of the lower techs on the totem pole.
They'd learn a lot about Portmasters.
3) Things like OSPF, IPX, and SNMP can already be turned or on as needed,
saving a great deal of memory. I would expect this modularization trend to
continue if memory sucking applications make their way into the OS. It's
a valid concern though.
We should be thankful to get the upgraded OS for free. Adding a small
amount of RAM to ensure future OS releases will work is a VERY small
price to pay.
If your 2E's do turn into Dinosaurs in the next 2 years, I will gladly
take them off your hands for the price of handling and shipping :-)
My 0.02.