[c-nsp] Too many platforms?

[mack]

Has anyone considered that Cisco may be branching out to too many platforms?

The 6500 was a great success because it was all purpose.
It can switch and route.
It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the 12000 series or the CRS-1 but it performs well.
Cisco has split off the almost identical 7600 and added the competing Nexus.

Now Cisco has (leaving out ME models and other spin offs):
1) CRS-1 high end router
2) 7600 mid range router
3) 6500 mid range general purpose
4) Nexus high end switch
5) 4500 mid range switch

Each one of these is catering to a smaller market segment.
Basic economic would indicate that the market for a general purpose device
is much larger than a more specialized device.

Any tech company need cutting edge products.
But it seems to me that cisco is alienating its customers by splitting the 7600/6500 series.

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LR Mack McBride
Network Administrator
Alpha Red, Inc.