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Technology Stocks : Brocade Communications Systems,Inc. (Nasdaq-BRCD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Smart_Asset who wrote (29)	6/21/1999 4:41:00 PM
From: Rory Foster	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583

No, no more FCS for me. My interests these days are in using FCS to build SANs and/or clustering w/FCVI. But I'm not actively involved with such development at the moment. My memories of ANCR are from the early '90s when they used their VHSI chip set. We had a prototype adapter that we wanted to send data through their switch. They tossed us some documentation with some additional handwritten instructions and wished us well. Luckily, we got things working, although the chip set was never considered solid by us. From what I hear these days QLGC has the best chip set out there now. Has that changed? BTW, a very interesting private company, Troika, is developing their own chip set. I have no details about them other than what I learned during an interview with them. As for ANCR, perhaps their next generation chip set and switch are better. I can't say that I've used them lately. But I think Brocade has a better image at the moment. They seem to build quality. Now, please don't ask my what I mean by that. As I said, this is nothing more than a personal choice. I don't like to be trading often. I'd rather invest and hang on for a number of years. With ANCR, I feel that they are much too volatile for my taste. In fact, QLGC seems more stable to me. And keep in mind, ANCR was there in the very beginning. I still remember when ANCR and AMTI had their huge run ups, then flamed out. If anything, I'd wait for ANCR to heat up really hot, then short it. BTW, so they have a deal with Sun. I remember when they had a deal with IBM. Things happen. There are some hungry companies out there that can move fast. I'm keeping my eyes open for Troika.