[j-nsp] J-series software EOL

[Rubens Kuhl]

As all people that are affected will receive a replacement new model
J-Series with no cost just a few days from know at April 1st, why
would they be pissed ? :-)


Rubens



On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Richard A Steenbergen <ras at e-gerbil.net> wrote:
> What's the story behind the EoL'ing of older J-series software? I see
> that as of 9.4R1 the only software available is JUNOS-ES, which only
> runs on the new model J-series. This seems like a premature end of
> software development date, given the EOL timeline that was published:
>
> http://www.juniper.net/support/eol/jseries_hw.html
>
> For example, the J2300 EOL was announced March 08, it was sold until
> September 08, it is supportable until September 2013, but the new
> software development has ended as of Feb 09? Really? Nobody who bought
> these boxes 5 months before they stopped making software for them is a
> little pissed?
>
> I was trying to use J-series boxes as route reflectors, but even as of
> 9.3R2 the old classic "extremely slow pfe install that blocks routing
> updates" bug which was fixed in other platforms in 8.5 is still there.
> Was hoping 9.4 might have a fix, but apparently it won't even exist.
>
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