Re: linux firewal question (newbie)

["Joseph S. D. Yao" <jsdy () cospo osis gov>]

> At 06:25 PM 10/13/98 -0400, HASSAN.KARIM () chase com wrote:
> > It seems that a port to Linux would cost NAI a couple of million bucks! NAI
> > would need quite abit of pressure to decide to put a $2 Million effort into
> > a free OS! Would the effort really be worth it? I mean, companies pay
> > $10,000 to $30,000 for Gauntlet.... If someone were interested in paying
> > $30K for a firewall, I'm sure they wouldn't mind paying $300-$600 for BSDi
> > which is fully supported (and has a sweet TCP stack if I might add).

Curious question.  I guess you need to ask such little companies as
IBM, Oracle, Netscape, Sybase, ... why they're supporting Linux.
(There are more, I just haven't been tracking them.  And even more
working with Linux but not supporting it, e.g., DEC/Compaq and Dell.)

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