Since I’ve been using Open Source firewalls for years, somehow the idea of an open source router doesn’t surprise me. However, I like the idea of it being very focused and providing support while still allowing innovation from the edges of the network. Good luck, Vyatta!
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Now that the telcos are failing to innovate and nationally respected research isn’t worth funding for the feds, a nice writeup on the concern that the US will lose its scientific advantage and no longer be driving key leaps forward. Indeed, I can see how a short-term view (10 years or less) could easily be driving now with the startups of the 90’s-2000’s…
A neat ACM Queue article about Amazon’s infrastructure, where the people who create a service are also responsible for its operational support. An amazing idea in a corporate environment where projects are usually thrown over the wall and the operations team bears the brunt of bad code and bad design.
Technorati Tags: amazon, acm+queue, support
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