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BusinessWeek On XORP vs. Cisco

Posted by timothy on from the commoditization dept.

cornfed writes "BusinessWeek is running this article talking about how XORP will take on Cisco's dominance in the router market. The article speculates that XORP could represent the next 'open-source rebellion.' One can only imagine the fallout within the telecommunications industry if an open-source project like this gained traction-- Cisco would not be the only giant to be slain."

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  1. You are convoluted... by _RiZ_ · · Score: -1, Troll

    if you think billion dollar companies are going to switch to some piece of shit open source program instead of the proven and functional gear from cisco. Lets see, i can stake my entire enterprise on equipment and software which is proven and in place everywhere with proper support and what not in place, or Xorp... being a network engineer for a large company I can say it will never happen.

    1. Re:You are convoluted... by _RiZ_ · · Score: 0, Troll

      You are talking about servers which are all commodity grade these days anyway. Lets put our routing infrastructure on such low grade crap hardware and when the bottom line gets affected due to all kinds of outages and crappy *nix admins, then we shall see how this is going to take down Cisco. No matter what all of the open source pundits say, networking hardware will remain mostly the way it is now because IT folks in big business will not buy into putting their organizations at risk by using xorp.

  2. Cisco will win and this is why.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple have been dying ever since Steve 'rim' Jobs founded it. Although it may have a fancy GUI, OSX is not any more functional than Windows 3.x and is on average 5 times less than reliable. This is mainly due to poorly written proprietry code hashed onto a stolen communist operating system - linux. To complement the inferior software, Apple sells hardware which is generations behind its equivilant PC counterparts - albeit disguised in white enclosures which it markets as 'trendy'. Unfortunately they can at best be described as gay. One can only hope that Apple throw in the towel soon and recall their entire product range before there are any more victims of fires caused by their inferior products. APPLE IS TEH SUXXORS

    In order to enjoy a smooth running reliable and lightning fast operating system which will run on anything from the original 80186 CPU to the newly released Pentium II processor, we recommend that you use Microsoft Windows Millenium Edition (TM). To obtain this software please visit www.microsoft.com

  3. Re: Perhaps better career counseling would help. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Hmmm, might this suggest that there are too many Americans going into the field of IT??? Or perhaps they should lessen their salary expectations? Or they should be more willing to relocate? Cisco is doing what it's supposed to do, watch their bottom line. Corporations are a financial institution not an altruistic one. However, this concept is lost on most liberal /.'ers.