PIX R.I.P.

Bye-bye, PIX.

You served me well, protecting me and often keeping me company during some cold nights in the data center. Remember that time I blasted you with the SmartBits because I doubted you? It seems like almost yesterday.

The only rocky point in our relationship was one armed routing, but looking back, it wasn’t wasn’t that bad, and you later worked out the kinks in 7.0. I’m sorry I later switched to CheckPoint. I hope you understand. I tried to still include you as much as possible, but CheckPoint’s friend, Nokia, just didn’t think you were cool enough to hang. Nokia brought up that one time when you crapped out when I pounded you with the SmartBits, and I didn’t stick up for you like I should have. I wish I was a bigger man then, but I wasn’t.

I like to think that you’re in a better place now.