On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Patrick Kariuki <patrick.kariuki@gmail.com>wrote:
Quite a number of Medium and Large companies not too keen to lower their total cost of ownership when it comes to Internet connectivity spending.
A FreeBSD/OpenBSD box running pfsense/OpenVPN is way cheaper than say, any Cisco hardware offering similar functionality, yet most companies opt for commercial purpose-built router/firewall hardware.
I think I know why, and the reasons could just be two only, in my shortsighted view: 1. It's because they term the Cisco or other Appliances as "Enterprise". These other ones have "no name" and as such they believe they do not meet "Enterprise" requirements. 2. The other reason is that these FreeBSD/OpenBSD types have got no certifications associated with them like CCXX, etc. They therefore cannot source expertise for these from the market place they way they do for MCXX, CCXX, etc. For the techies in these organizations, they find it a hassle to cope with, given that in many cases, they can simply outsource the maintenance of the "enterprise" equipment to certain vendors, or even the the manufacturers, so they don't have to start learning and building FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Linux firewalls themselves. The trick is "Enterprise". You find a way to stick that name to a device and you are in business. Else you are nameless and unknown. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!