Summary: In this free-for-all hootenanny, the Packet Pushers virtual workbench assembles a team of talking heads for a podcast that was so long, we had to split it into two parts. Ethan Banks accepts the impossible mission from Mrs. Y of hosting the show, and is joined by the following folks: Greg Ferro, exposer of hyperbole & fluff; Tom Hollingsworth, Kentucky-fried lie detector; Tony Bourke, part-time pilot, permanent skeptic; Kurt Bales, an Aussie who leaves no stone unturned, no kangaroo pouch unprobed; Ivan Pepelnjak, memorizer of RFCs; and the esoteric and ever dubious Mrs. Y. What do we talk about? Why, I'm glad you asked! The death of the VMware vTax. Or did they just shift the revenue source somewhere else? Kurt talks about his new job and just how smitten he is with Juniper's QFabric. And then we follow a rabbit obediently down the hole of musk sticks. We pontificate about the Apple vs. Samsung ruling, and what it means for patent law. VMware Fusion 5 gets discussed. Is it a trap? Greg rants as only he can about the zombiefied Catalyst 6500, the switch that won't die. No one cares about IPv6. Well, okay. WE care, and we think you should too. So why is there STILL such a slow uptake? Lots of reasons, really... P.S. Oh. So you're probably wondering what a musk stick tastes like after our discussion on the show. Yeah...here's a picture Tony Bourke captured of Tom Hollingsworth after he tried a musk stick. That help? Tom Hollingsworth tries a musk stick. Picture credit: Tony Bourke.
