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To: George Dawson who wrote (17137)	7/10/1998 12:53:00 AM
From: iceburg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29386

George, Actually that was my point. Still boils down to sales and not needs. "How can you live without the power windows, even though the are not required by the Federal Safety Commision?" It is salemanship. Steve

To: George Dawson who wrote (17137)	7/10/1998 7:41:00 PM
From: Craig Stevenson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29386

George, <<I think it is what Craig called the bandwagon effect - everybody thinking they need a non-standards feature.>> I need to clarify this point. What I am saying that Brocade's implementation for private-loop attached devices may be non-standard, according to the Fibre Channel standards committee, but may also be a VITAL feature to allow older devices to attach to the fabric. The lack of that same feature on the MKII is what has the potential to turn Brocade's technique into a defacto standard, and contributes to the bandwagon effect. The bottom line is that Ancor evidently needed to have this feature available DURING the OEM qualification process, not after the fact. Craig