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Open source isn't free software
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| If Cisco had just played by the rules, all that would have happened is that
| some code improvements would have been shared with the rest of the world. As
| companies, like Red Hat, which do play by the free software rules, have
| shown, you can be a multi-billion dollar company with open source.
|
| Now, Cisco will end up having to open its code anyway, and it will have to
| pay out cash to the FSF. Cisco would have been far smarter to pay the 'cost'
| of open-source software in the first place and just share the code. After
| all, since Cisco had already benefited from using open source, you'd think
| they would have figured out that participating in open source development
| would only have been to their benefit. Oh well, some companies have to learn
| the hard way.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/open_source_isnt_free_software
Another way to help the FSF (or others):
Geek’s Guide to Giving this Holiday Season
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| There are plenty of charities in this world, many with noble causes. Some,
| probably more noble than the ones listed here. But if you’re like me, many
| (if not all) of these organizations and their causes have a special place in
| my heart. So here it is, the geek’s guide to giving this holiday season.
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http://tuxtraining.com/geeks-guide-to-giving-this-holiday-season
Recent:
Vyatta hits Cisco ISR with open-source challenge
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| Network company Vyatta has launched a router using open source to undercut
| Cisco's branch office flagship, the ISR 2800 and 3800 family. Meanwhile, a
| Vyatta executive has criticised Cisco's attitude to open source.
|
| Vyatta's 2502 has eight times as much memory as the Cisco ISR, and costs
| $2,747 (around £1700), for functions Vyatta says are equivalent to the higher
| end Cisco 3800 product, which has a list price of more than $6000. It's like
| getting a Cisco 3800 for less than a Cisco 2800, with more features and
| functions to boot," said Kelly Herrell, chief executive of Vyatta.
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http://www.techworld.com/mobility/news/index.cfm?newsid=108331
GPL Violations: Is Cisco the Big One?
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| Many sceptics were convinced that as free software spread out beyond hackers
| into the general computing sector the rigorous GNU GPL licence would
| gradually be replaced by more accommodating – meaning weaker – forms, since
| it was “obvious” that its unbending rules were too strict for widespread use.
| In fact, the GPL has grown in importance, until today it is probably fair to
| say that it underpins most of the free software world, including enterprise
| applications. This makes any violation of its terms particularly worrying,
| because if left unchallenged, it threatens to undermine the entire ecosystem.
|
| [...]
|
| Against that background, I don't think the current alleged violations are an
| intentional attack on the GNU GPL – the “Big One” that everyone is waiting
| for to settle definitively its legal validity - but spring rather from a
| fundamental misunderstanding of what free software is about. Since it doesn't
| understand why people really care about being able to see the up-to-date
| source code, Cisco probably didn't think it would matter if it didn't comply
| fully with the GNU GPL licence. Once it realises that its ignorance and
| indifference is seriously damaging its reputation among a key constituency –
| that of developers – I predict it will soon comply with the licence, not
| least because it will cost a trivial amount of money and effort to do so.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/gpl-violations-cisco-big-one
Is Cisco an open source leech?
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| Sure, the use of open source has benefited Cisco's bottom line. But is it
| possible that Cisco's customers have also benefited from new features faster
| as a result of Cisco engineers not having to work on "commodity" function? I
| suspect the answer is yes.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2008/12/is_cisco_and_op.html
Cisco Romancing Linux Developers
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| Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is asking developers to instead think "inside the box"
| to create applications that will run on the Linux based Cisco AXP module.
| It's tossing in $100,000 in prize money just to keep it interesting.
|
| Linux Application availability alone isn't the only thing Cisco is after.
| It's making sure the developer ecosystem has a revenue model that will keep
| Cisco and developers in the black.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3777891/Cisco+Romancing+Linux+Developers.htm
How Cisco exploits open source
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| Cisco, facing growing pressure from open source Vyatta (turn your used
| servers into routers, free), is adding Linux to its routers and hoping
| partners can help it keep its margins high.
|
| A good example of how this works is the AXP Routers for Branch Offices the
| company announced in April.
|
| Sashi Kiran, whose title is senior manager – network systems, gave me an
| update on how this is going today.
|
| The AXP line offers Linux-based integration with a downloadable SDK,
| targeting an underserved niche.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3007
Vyatta Aims Higher
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| Belmont, Calif.-based open source router maker Vyatta has issued a flurry of
| press releases since the start of the year. The most significant news was the
| most recent: the release of its Community Edition 4.
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http://www.isp-planet.com/news/2008/vyatta_ce_4_data_center.html
Related:
Vyatta: A high-end Linux-based firewall and router
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| Let's play a Linux word association game. Red Hat is to Microsoft as Vyatta
| is to Cisco.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5605512523.html
Free x86 Linux router distro rev'd
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| Vyatta Community Edition 2.2 ("Camarillo") features security and flexibility
| enhancements to the BGP (border gateway protocol) stack, and usability
| enhancements related to NAT (network address translation) and DHCP (dynamic
| host configuration protocol).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3953873333.html
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