selection criteria?

["Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr @ iwi . com>]

Paul Merenbloom <paulm @
 MR .
 Net> drops a small bomb:
>What would you consider the top 5-10 issues?    How does price
>sensitivity (or lack thereof) affect your rankings / issues?   On what
>basis would (or have) you made your decisions (or guided others)?

	I played a naughty little game at a conference recently
where I polled the room by show-of-hands as to what were the
important things they looked for in firewalls. Features, price,
and vendor reputation were pretty much the top categories. I'd
cheated and left "security" off my list and I thought I was going
to get away with it until someone flagged me when I asked "are
there any criteria I forgot to put on the list...?"
	That put features, price, vendor reputation, and security
all at the top. Then there's everything else.

Moubray, Steve <SMOUBRAY @
 dcc .
 com> writes:
>Criteria # 1 is your needs.
>Criteria # 2 is support.
>Criteria # 3 reputation and staying power.

	'nuff said. :)

mjr.