Re:HP announces OpenSwitch, an open-source network operating...
by tw04 on Monday October 05, 2015 @08:49PM
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It says HP is trying to buy market share. That strategy doesn't tend to work well long-term when your shareholders catch on.
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Re:HP announces OpenSwitch, an open-source network operating...
by epistasis on Monday October 05, 2015 @08:56PM
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I doubt HP is losing a dime on their switch pricing, unless HP is even less efficient than I expect them to be. Other vendors beat HP handily on price with identical hardware specs. Cisco has gotten fat on ridiculous margins, and it's doubtful that they will be able to survive in a marketplace where merchant silicon drives commodity switches.