NTT Joins OSDL

craigoda writes "NTT, the world's largest telecommunications company has joined the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) (Japanese) to focus on increasing the availability, clustering, and performance of Linux for use as the infrastructure OS in next generations telecommunications systems. NTT's work on Linux will be done through OSDL's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) working group. Here is a Dow Jones Business story was released yesterday based on the rumour that NTT was joining. Looking at the OSDL web site, the rumour appears to be true."

Comments

WOW

[wmaker]

45 minutes and only 37 comments, you can tell we really give damn about this post.

too slow

[oogoody]

Linux will need to task switch in microseconds
rather than milliseconds before it can become
usable as a platform.

Re:Yeah, but...

[chill]

American as in "North American". I know they are Canadian (Northern Telecom).

Had I not mentioned Nortel, I'm sure someone from Canada would have bitched.

Besides, as soon as those idiots in Quebec finally cecede, then the rest will become States anyway! :-)

Re:Reflects NTT's strategy

[xanadu-xtroot.com]

I used to work as consultant for NTT back in the mid-80s

Dude! Neat! I worked on a Commadore 64 in the mid eighties as well! My Dad bought one when they were damn near brand new (early eighties). It was really cool. It kinda sucked that most of my friends had Apple ][ or ][+, but it was still cool. I kicked ass at Bruce Lee. I have a Gentoo box now. Well, I'm slapping together a Win '98 box so I can play some games. AOK, AOK:TC, things like that. I play RTCW and Q3A and Tribes2 and thing like that on my *NIX box, but, I dunno, Working for NTT is like using one of my old friend's VIC-20's, ummm... IT MEANS NOTHING!