Azure Cloud Switch

http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/microsoft-showcases-the-azure-cloud-switch-acs/

by insulanian • 11 years ago

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Galanwe2• 11 years ago

I'm not an expert of these technologies, but is this some sort of OpenWrt competitor?

wmf• 11 years ago

No, it's a competitor to Arista, Cumulus, Pica8, OcNOS, FBOSS, etc.

Galanwe2• 11 years ago

So what is OpenWrt then? I thought it was a small linux aimed at being installed on routers/switches

WhitneyLand• 11 years ago

Ya know, why do companies make you read three paragraphs before even mentioning anything about what the thing actually is?

tldr: Microsoft is building a Linux based system to run network switches. This is part of a trend in the industry that has been moving more network intelligence into abstracted software rather than proprietary hardware. Background: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_networking

sctb• 11 years ago

Current discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10237805

meta_pseudo• 11 years ago

Interesting discussion in comments below the article about if this will open sourced at some point in future. If I understand it correctly MS is not under any obligation of open sourcing this which pisses me off considering how Bill Gates was against the whole open source concept(wrote many letters supporting his argument).

craigvn• 11 years ago

Bill Gates has not been running the company for many years. Whether it is open sourced or not has nothing to do with him. I expect it will depend on how much value they see open sourcing will be to the community will be an overriding factor.

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