[News] Open Source, Linux-based Router Takes on Cisco, Launched Today

[Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Open source router tempts company to bid Cisco firewall farewell

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| As open source router start-up Vyatta is scheduled to formally launches
| its first appliance this week, one early adopter is using the
| Linux-based gear to replace Cisco technologies.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/100206-vyatta.html

Also here: 

http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=18910&hed=Open+Source+Router+Takes+on+Cisco&sector=Industries&subsector=Communications
http://tinyurl.com/mhw62

There appears to be resistance through lockins/proprietary protocols.

Why the world needs openness, not interoperability.

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| This NAC/NAP lovefest would be laughable if it weren't such
| a kick-in-the-teeth to the rest of the industry, enterprise IT, and
| all Internet users. A Cisco/Microsoft oligopoly stalls implementation,
| stifles innovation, and makes the network less secure. In this way, Cisco
| and Microsoft are standing in the way of progress.
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http://news.com.com/2061-11203_3-6112960.html?part=rss&tag=6112960&subj=news