Solutions4ebiz Announces New Linux Router with Rackmount Capability
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| Customers can order the Envoy router, along with other Linux
| routers and hardware solutions,
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http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/9806.html
A special feature reminds the readers why almost nobody builds a system from
scratch anymore (maybe RIM did, but this has limitations).
Psion: the last computer
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| The Series 5 pocket computer from Psion was launched 10 years ago this week.
| It was a remarkable achievement: entirely new silicon, a new operating
| system, middleware stack and applications were developed from scratch
| in just over two years.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/26/psion_special/
Companies can adopt and modify Linux for free. They cannot get the same RoI
from D-I-Y or something rigid like Windows CE, which only comes in vanilla.
Related:
Open source and secret sauce
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| Open source router outperforming Cisco device in test revives the
| "commodity" vs. "special purpose" debate
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| [...]
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| Marketing trumped technology, however. Competitors would say "you don't
| want to trust your network to a PC" -- even though it really wasn't a PC.
| And FUD prevailed. Today we can expect to hear the same comments made in
| reference to open source. Will they work this time?
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http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2007/041107tolly.html?fsrc=rss-ibm
Comcast invests in Vyatta, open source router maker
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| The company has raised a total of $18.5 million so far. The
| investment indicates that cable carriers are getting serious
| about chasing the small and medium sized businesses, and
| competing with the telephone companies in more than just
| consumer markets.
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http://gigaom.com/2007/04/01/vyatta-comcast/
Cellular modem/routers run Linux/Java/OSGi stack
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| Board- and system-maker Arcom has launched a family of Linux-based
| cellular modem/routers aimed at telemetry, Internet access, and
| mobile computing applications.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4462858076.html
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