[Infrastructures] using IA methodologies to build network element configuration

[Daniel Hagerty]

 > This is a sensible design, in my opinion.

    Not having evaluated it up close, but knowing the reputation of
JunOS, they obviously must have done something sensible.  But what it
is, I wish I knew.

 > They're pretty cool boxes.  Many of Junipers founders and senior
 > engineers are ex-Cisco, and they took advantage of considerable
 > experience and a clean sheet of paper to do things "right" when they
 > designed the Juniper boxes.

    Yup, as I have heard.  It's mostly a copious free time thing -- if
I said "get me an m5 or 3 to play with" in the right places, I'm sure
it could happen.