Vyatta apes Red Hat's development process
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| The company, whose main product is its Open Flexible Router (OFR),
| will offer two versions of the software to customers: a
| subscription-based version, to include regular updates and
| support; and the free and open Community Edition.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39285946,00.htm
Related:
Linux to power super-router
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| While the Open Linux Router project is at an early stage, it is
| part of a growing interest in using open source to compete with
| companies such as Cisco in the realms of routers and PBXs.
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| [...]
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| Other Linux-based projects targeting firewall and network server include
| ClarkConnect, IPCop, m0n0wall, and Smoothwall. [and Vyatta]
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http://www.techworld.com/networking/news/index.cfm?newsID=7983&pagtype=all
Open source router on par with Cisco, users say
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| "I'd say that any PC we could put [Vyatta OFR] on today is going to be
| way faster than Cisco. I would not be doing backbone routing with this,
| but I would not hesitate to say this will compete against Cisco
| either," Newnam said. "Well, as long as we're not switching half of
| the U.S. of course."
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http://searchopensource.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci1218088,00.html
University dumps Cisco VOIP for open-source Asterisk
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| SHSU is in the process of moving its 6,000 students, faculty and staff off
| of Cisco CallManager IP PBXs and a legacy Nortel Meridian PBX over to Linux
| servers running Asterisk...
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1646405846;fp;4;fpid;78268965
Dumping Cisco for open-source
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| Open-source networking trend is limited so far, but it
| could grow fast
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| The open-source movement, which has long made inroads
| into corporations via Linux and other enterprise-level
| software, now has a potentially bigger target in its
| cross hairs: the PBXs and network routers from companies
| such as Cisco Systems Inc. that form the basis of
| networking infrastructure.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004223
http://tinyurl.com/t8cfw
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