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Major Telco Providers Form Open Source Alliance

Posted by Hemos on from the get-together-right-now dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Several major telecom companies have come together to form a new alliance. Founded January 1, 2006 by Alcatel, Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, Nokia and Siemens, "SCOPE", is helping to promote the availability of open carrier grade base platforms based on Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) hardware / software and Free Open Source Software (FOSS) building blocks, and to promote interoperability to better serve Service Providers and consumers. " It's worth noting that a number of these companies have also been OSDL members, pursuing the same agenda.

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  1. Long live the hippies!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh, and the open source providers too..

  2. Isn't it.. by Aneurysm9 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Come together, right now"? or, were you worried about trade sanctions against /. for piracy?

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  3. The LINE is a stupid, stupid, ugly thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The LINE is a stupid, stupid, ugly thing, you stupid lady

  4. RUN AWAY! by LiquidCoooled · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Its a trap!

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  5. Whatever... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'll consider it news when Linux gets adopted as a desktop platform that most people would want to use. Not just nerds. Linux running on gagets is cool, but it's beside the point. Get Lunix working so average people can use it as their OS, then you'll have some real news.

  6. Re:it is about time they admitted they use OSS stu by Naruki · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When Clinton lied, millions of sperm died! I bet he is a secret OSS user, too!