Also, just the need to support two different OSes on the same hardware.
Network hardware should be rock solid appliances that live up to their specs on every front that I can just set and forget, and maybe occasionally need to do a security update. I shouldn't have to think of the pros and cons of one firmware choice over another, I don't have time for that crap.
Just make a fully-featured switch and fully-featured router and release them as such, instead of a crippled SwitchOS and crippled RouterOS, neither of which live up to the hardware's full potential.
Network hardware should be rock solid appliances that live up to their specs on every front that I can just set and forget, and maybe occasionally need to do a security update. I shouldn't have to think of the pros and cons of one firmware choice over another, I don't have time for that crap.
Just make a fully-featured switch and fully-featured router and release them as such, instead of a crippled SwitchOS and crippled RouterOS, neither of which live up to the hardware's full potential.