Re: A few potential requirements

["R.P. Aditya" <aditya@grot.org>]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:15:21AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
> > even small boxes should have serial consoles.
> 
> a vendor may choose to make a box without.  and you and i have the right
> not to buy it, and even to flame them on nanog for making such a (we think)
> stoopid thing.  but we don't have the right to tell them not to make it.
> 
> randy

WE includes those vendors who care to participate. WE also includes those
operators who care to look for an impressively long RFC-XXXX compliance list
on the features page of a device before spending money, right?

So are there hardware vendors in attendance who think a "serial console"
requirement is wrong? if so, why?

Adi