Why open-source routers are shut out
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| Open-source networking is not a new phenomenon, but Vyatta claims that
| its product differs from previous systems in giving users both a commandl
| ine and web-based configuration interface that helps with setup and
| troubleshooting. What's more, says the company, it does so at about a
| fifth of the cost of a closed-source router. A one-year software
| subscription costs as little as $647 (£340).
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| So why aren't hordes of enterprise buyers, eager to reduce the cost
| of directing their internet traffic, knocking down Vyatta's door to get
| their hands on OFR? Because, as with other types of open-source
| software, there is a widespread perception among companies that it
| might not be sufficiently reliable or well supported to be trusted
| with their mission-critical wide area network (WAN) transmissions.
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| Everybody starts somewhere, however, and just as the cost and performance
| benefits of open-source operating systems such as Linux gradually
| changed people's perceptions, open-source routing could well follow
| along the same path.
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