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Networking's 50 greatest arguments. A look at the all-time greatest controversies in the history of the network industry
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Networking's 50 greatest arguments

By nobody , Network World , 10/26/2007
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Perhaps the only thing more fun than working on and playing with network technologies is arguing about them. Macs vs. PCs. Ethernet vs. Token Ring. Outsourcing vs. keeping it in-house. Here's our take on the nastiest, most colorful and in some cases, still unresolved network industry arguments. Read up and weigh in.

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Networking's 50 greatest argumentsBy SUMj on October 26, 2007, 3:16 pmCheck out our take on the nastiest, most colorful and in some cases, still unresolved network industry arguments. and then jump into the debate! Any we missed?...

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A couple of oldies but goodiesBy Anonymous on October 29, 2007, 5:48 pmWho could forget.. Word vs. Wordperfect SQL Server vs. Oracle Apache vs. IIS

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You left out one - 100BaseT vs 100VGBy Glenn Talbott on October 30, 2007, 11:18 amMaybe it only seems big to me because I was on the loosing side, But VG was first with 100Mbps products and with round robin access controlled by the switches, VG...

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Are you kidding?By Anonymous on October 30, 2007, 2:54 pm IDS vs. IPS?? That is not an argument. These tools are not mutually exclusive but helpful in doing different tasks which should be done in conjuction with each...

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100VG still not firstBy Scott Morris on October 31, 2007, 1:38 pmActually TCNS (Thomas Conrad Networking System) was 100Mb before 100VG was. :) But I'm just showing my age at this point... It was an interesting solution,...

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IDS vs IPS and Apache vs. IISBy Alpha Doggs on November 1, 2007, 2:28 pmThink our point here was that at the time IPS emerged, there was a debate about whether to go with that or IDS. As you say, the two have proven to be complementary...

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