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Sputnik Announces Sputnik-Powered Version of the NETGEAR Open Source Wireless-G
Router WGR614L
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| Sputnik(R), a leading provider of software for venue-branded,
| access-controlled Wi-Fi networks, announced SputnikNet support for the
| NETGEAR Open Source Wireless-G Router WRG614L.
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http://www.pr.com/press-release/129763
Cisco Opens Up To Open Source
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| Networking and telecom hardware giant Cisco Systems is now squarely aiming
| its product line at the Asterisk PBX market segment and other open-source
| products, apparently ending a long-standing unspoken strategy of exclusive
| support for proprietary telecommunications systems.
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| Cisco officials now openly say support for standards used in open source
| communications software — such as the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) — is
| a good business strategy for the company.
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| Asterisk, the popular open source package developed by Hunstville, AL-based
| Digium, Inc., for example, now owns more than 15 percent of the North
| American PBX market, concentrated in the SMB end, but making inroads with
| enterprise too. Perhaps it’s only a coincidence, but in the wake of Nortel’s
| collapse, Yahoo has decided to embrace open source and is working with Digium
| to deploy Asterisk throughout Yahoo’s global communications net, using Cisco
| SIP end points on the desktop.
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http://voxilla.com/2009/01/31/cisco-hearts-open-source-believe-it-or-not-1113
Recent:
Vyatta gives Nortel the half-Nelson
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| Vyatta vice president of market and strategy Dave Roberts administered
| the “ha” on his blog, Opensourcejuicer:
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| It was very clear when I was there that anybody who wanted a long term
| career in Nortel had to be associated with the carrier group, preferably
| an optical product line. That was where all the momentum was within the
| company. If you were an employee working on other things (enterprise
| products in my case), it was clear that you weren’t going to get any of
| the investment, attention, or promotions. In contrast, the optical
| management teams were masters of the universe.
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| Now I want to turn that into an “ah-ha”.
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| Nortel became dependent on phone companies, outfits like AT&T, Comcast and
| Verizon. After DWDM brought the benefits of Moore’s Law to fiber, these
| companies stopped buying. And they’re still not buying.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3301
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