> On Behalf Of Mark Tinka > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 4:32 PM > > On 11/17/20 08:54, Saku Ytti wrote: > > > I put most of the blame on the market, we've modelled commercial > > router market so that poor quality NOS is good for business and good > > quality NOS is bad for business, I don't think this is in anyone's > > formal business plan or that companies even realise they are not even > > trying to make good NOS. I think it's emergent behaviour due to the > > market and people follow that market demand unknowingly. > > If we suddenly had one commercial NOS which is 100% bug free, many of > > their customers would stop buying support, would rely on spare HW and > > Internet forums for configuration help. > > Not to mention that many of us would not need to be around to babysit all this > dodgy software. > > Definitely bad for business :-). > Being obsoleted already by "self-driving networks", there's no limit to what one can automate... But then one needs someone to babysit all the automation systems.
adam
