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To: KJ. Moy who wrote (24481)	10/26/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: Ken Richard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

As I mentioned earlier, the switch was a OLD switch with OLD code. The switch was bought from a reseller. The report was bought by brcd. BRCD apparenty paid for the report. The OLD switch with OLD code was tested against brcd's new switch. Don't the astonishing results raise a flag as compared to both ancr and vixl??? What a joke.

To: KJ. Moy who wrote (24481)	10/26/1999 6:12:00 PM
From: Technocrat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29386

KJ, I agree with your assessment that the KeyLabs folks must have screwed up their testing framework. I am willing to give these folks the benefit of the doubt and just assume incompetence as opposed to attempts to defraud. It is easier to goof up a test than what you might think. For example, I got a chance to look closely at the Silkworm 2400 and 2800 under test last week. It is a fine switch I might add. Nevertheless, while the arrangement was being put together for the test there were big problems getting the entire system (FC disks, CPUs, switches) to work properly. Three hours later the gremlins were eliminated by five engineers who work with Brocade switches every day including beta testing of the original Silkworm designs. Turned out to be a bad cable to the switch. The morale of the story is you must have competent and motivated people around while this technology is young. This is why I am glad Ancor is selling through Sun and integrators like MTI who will shield the consumer from fiddling out of the box. Cisco routers used to be a nightmare once upon a time too. Kurt