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Cisco Turns Routers Into Linux App Servers

Posted by Soulskill on from the tux-service dept.

symbolset writes "InternetNews is reporting that Cisco's new Application eXtension Platform turns several models of Cisco switches into Linux application servers. With certified libraries in C, Java and Perl, developers will be able to use a downloadable SDK to build their apps. The AXP server is just another module in a Cisco switch running Cisco's own derivation of a modern Linux distro (Kernel 2.6.x) specifically hardened to run on that particular hardware. Modules will include up to 1.4-GHz Intel Pentiums with 2 GB RAM and a 160 GB hard drive."

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  1. Re:Cue the beowulf cluster jokes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a baowulf cluster of these...

  2. The network is the computer by bar-agent · · Score: 4, Funny

    I didn't expect them to take the phrase "the network is the computer" quite so literally.

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