F5 vs Open Source?

Hi Brian,

 

There is an excellent article that was written by F5s Lori MacVittie.

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2009/04/17/dear-slashdot-you-get-what-you-pay-for.aspx

 

 

This topic generated interesting conversations in the community.

 

 

However, ultimately it comes down to 2 important questions (minus the cost)

 

1) How much features you need and not what you want.

 

2) Can your existing support organization support it (Development, Deployment and Support).

 

 

I hope this helps,

 

Bhattman