We had exactly the opposite experience. But then again, we are a small shop. We are still limping along with this. I won't burden this list with all of the stories about how difficult it has been to find somebody at Cabletron who was even willing to discuss our problems here, but suffice it to say that the Cabletron SSR is still sitting next to my desk without a vialble system image to boot. I haven't seen anything to complain about from the Foundry.
Every solution creates problems for somebody.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.