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Re: [News] Free and Linux-based Routers a Threat to Cisco's Routers Franchise

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____/ 7 on Tuesday 13 May 2008 22:23 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Is Cisco vulnerable to open source?
> 
> Only if they continue to fester anti-linux elements
> within their company. They should show the anti-linux
> elements the door and get down on their hands and knees
> and start coding to avoid becoming another micoshaft!!!
> There is a lot they don't offer that free softare gives freely.

It seems like they gradually accept change... sort of like Sun. It's too early
to give up and they even uttered the word "open" a few times recently. Deep
down they are still all about binaries.

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>> | At the heart of Vyatta is VC4, a Linux-based networking system the
>> | company claims offers better performance than Cisco gear at a fraction
>> | of the price.
>> | 
>> | Early, pre-release views are ecstatic. You have VPN support, QOS
>> | functionality, even traffic-shaping. Download it here.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2417

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