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To: Pigboy who wrote (14353)	2/15/1998 8:47:00 PM
From: Craig Stevenson	Respond to of 29386

Pigboy, <<I couldn't agree with you more, that's why I made my hodge podge comment. I just had a problem with the statement that said SCSI "will make it much more difficult for FC vendors to get into the mainstream..." I found that comment ludicrous, bc I believe the FC vendors will soon BE the mainstream companies (some who have been doing SCSI)...pure and simple. SCSI is going to be around a long time and for many years, of course, but it will get easier, not harder for Fibre Channel to get more popular.>> I agree totally. I think the biggest reason we hear comments like this is because there is so much money invested in the existing SCSI infrastructure. Fibre Channel isn't necessarily going to obsolete the existing infrastructure, but it is going to make it easier to build even larger ones. It is also one reason why we see the SCSI guys scrambling to add Fibre Channel features. Witness the Jigsaw SCSI switch from GigaLabs. The technology in that switch is VERY advanced, but the price reflects that. It remains to be seen whether smart money will be spent on a device like that, or if companies decide that Fibre Channel is the future, and would rather spend their money there. I think it is also a factor that many companies were slow to realize that Fibre Channel was real. Even mighty Adaptec had to modify their thinking as smaller, more nimble competitors started gobbling up the FC adapter business. As far as the Ethernet/ATM to Fibre Channel connectivity device is concerned, I think Ancor should adopt the philosophy that no customer will have a reason NOT to adopt FC. If a customer sets up a brand new Fibre Channel SAN, they should be able to quickly and easily connect to ANY existing Ethernet, Token Ring, or ATM network. And, performance shouldn't suffer because of the connection. Although this requirement was probably met adequately in the past by the Fibre Link product, the whole idea of a Fibre Channel SAN is scalability and connectivity. To offer one without the other doesn't seem to make much sense. Craig