Now, theres an analogy I once heard about putting foxes in charge of chicken coops
I dont recall exactly how it ran, but, if memory serves, its considered a not very sound policy, all in all. Its pretty
obvious to me (and, I hope, to you) that partnering with a company that is set
to become your number one competitor within the next three years for a key
technology is
well, stupid, not to put too fine a point on it (see All Eyes on Cisco).
[Note: If youre so benighted as to disagree, you might perhaps be more
comfortable reading Storage Networking World, rather than Byte and Switch.]
Stupid, Stupid, Stupid
In a recent chat with Byte and Switch, Brocades VP of marketing, Jay
Kidd, said that the 12000 will not ship with the Cisco blade, and that he
didnt know when it would be available noting that Cisco was in charge of
its development, not Brocade.
As far as internal IP hardware developments go, Brocade doesnt have any.
Kidd says Brocade believes it can implement IP using merchant silicon, if
necessary, and that it has no plans to develop an IP equivalent to its Fibre
Channel silicon.
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