Open sourcing router code
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TechRepublic
Cisco and Juniper made one-upping announcements last week and it all came to naught when the fact of the announcements was brought to light. The issue started with Juniper announcing that they had open sourced their code and it was up for extension. It was later that a blogger detailed on how the process was not exactly open source as it was not possible to obtain the source code by just downloading but would require for a developer to go through lengthy un-encouraging processes to just get to see the code.
Cisco, even before the details of Juniper's announcements, announced that it would also be open sourcing the IOS code in the near future. Now, the millennium development goals would be met in the near future. The developing nations in the world would be all developed in the future as well. So, Cisco's code would also be open in the near future.
Open sourcing is a major strategic decision that an organization makes. Definitely they don't do so for the good of mankind but only for the good of the stockholders. But it is hoped that companies will use the actual principles of Open Source when making announcements and not have everything open to interpretation.
Open sourcing is a major strategic decision that an organization makes. Definitely they don't do so for the good of mankind but only for the good of the stockholders. But it is hoped that companies will use the actual principles of Open Source when making announcements and not have everything open to interpretation.
