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.
Data Center
- Mac vs. PC
- MicroChannel vs. EISA and PCI
- DEC vs. IBM
- Centralized vs. distributed data center
- Tape backup vs. disk backup
- NAS vs. SAN
- Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI
- Intel vs. AMD
- VMware vs. Xen
Management
- Outsourcing vs. in-house
- Standards vs. proprietary
- X.500 vs. LDAP
- Agent software vs. agentless software
- Net management frameworks vs. net management point products
Lans & Wans
- IPv4 vs. IPv6
- X2 vs. K56flex modem
- Ethernet vs. Token Ring
- OSI and SNA vs. TCP/IP
- AT&T vs. U.S. Justice Department
- Routing vs. switching
- Frame relay vs. ATM
- Cisco vs. Juniper/3Com/Cabletron/Bay Networks
- Packet switching vs. circuit switching
- PBX vs. Centrex
- Network neutrality vs. tiered services
- Frame relay vs. VPNs
- VoIP vs. TDM voice
- WAN Ethernet vs. MPLS network services
- QoS vs. throwing bandwidth at the problem
- DSL vs. cable
Security
- Immediate flaw alerts vs. disclosing with patches
- IDS vs. IPS
- IPSec vs. SSL
- Perimeter security vs. inside security
Software
- Software-as-a-service vs. packaged applications
- Open source software vs. commercial software
- NetWare vs. Microsoft networking
- Windows vs. OS/2
- Microsoft IE vs. Netscape Navigator
- Windows vs. Unix
- Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft Exchange
Wireless
- Corporate-controlled devices vs. employee-owned devices
- BlackBerry vs. Palm
- Fat wireless LAN access points vs. thin wireless LAN access points
- Wireless LANs vs. wired LANs
10 all-time greatest arguments
- 10 ALL-TIME GREATEST ARGUMENTS
- 1. Mac vs. PC
- 2. Open source software vs. Commercial software
- 3. Ethernet vs. Token Ring
- 4. NetWare vs. Microsoft networking
- 5. Standards vs. proprietary
- 6. DEC vs. IBM
- 7. Routing vs. switching
- 8. Outsourcing vs. in-house
- 9. Immediate flaw alerts vs. disclosing with patches
- 10. Wireless LANs vs. Wired LANs
- HOTTEST NETWORKING ARGUMENTS
- 1. Open source software vs. commercial software
- 2. Outsourcing vs. in-house
- 3. Software-as-a-service vs. packaged applications
- 4. Perimeter security vs. inside security
- 5. IPv4 vs. IPv6
- 6. Corporate-controlled devices vs. employee-owned devices
- 7. Wireless LANs vs. Wired LANs
- 8. Network neutrality vs. tiered services
