Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 12 Sep 2000 05:25:59 -0600 (MDT) | From | Todd <> | Subject | Re: zero-copy TCP |
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> > Jes Sorensen wrote: > > > It took me a little while in the beginning to convince Alteon to open > > > up and provide docs, but since they saw the light they have been > > > extremely helpful and went much further in their openness than I had > > > ever expected or dared to hope for. > > > > And now it's really showing in their favour. An amazing number of > > research groups are writing applications to run on the Alteon cards.
While I agree with what's going on right now, the recent purchase of Alteon by Nortel (primarily for their switch line, not for the NICs) leaves quite a bit of doubt in my mind about the future of the card and the openness of the firmware in particular.
todd
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