A news.com story about an open-source routing product – one its creators hope can eventually do for routing what Linux did for operating systems.
So far, Cisco doesn’t see the open-source code as a threat.
‘There have always been pieces of open-source routing code on the market,’ said Jayshree Ullal, senior vice president at Cisco. ‘It is an important community that helps continue the development and innovation of the technology. But the software coming out of this community should not be confused with business-class software.’
– Researchers envision the Linux of routing
‘There have always been pieces of open-source routing code on the market,’ said Jayshree Ullal, senior vice president at Cisco. ‘It is an important community that helps continue the development and innovation of the technology. But the software coming out of this community should not be confused with business-class software.’
– Researchers envision the Linux of routing
OK, maybe this project won’t set the world on its ear, but how many times have we heard this type of pronouncement?
- Ballmer and Gates dissin’ Linux
- Microsoft dissin’ MySQL
- MS dissin’ the ‘Net
- Oracle dismissing the SQL Server threat
- Sun ignoring Linux
Do I really have to continue?
It’s just that everytime I read such a pronouncement, a bell just goes off in my head: Ding! This might be something!