Comment XORP? ImageStream is much more mature--7 years! (Score 2, Insightful) 302
XORP has a great idea, but they are several years late to the party. Apparently, NSF, Intel and its other backers have failed to learn from the dot-bomb era: you can't build a successful business on the backs of a product you're giving away at no charge. Do they plan to make it up on volume? :-)
Linux enthusiasts ought to look toward more commercial companies, such as ImageStream (http://www.imagestream.com/) who has been in business 10 years, and building Linux routers for 7. Their corporate profile says they have 30K units in the field.
MontaVista (http://www.montavista.com/) has an embedded OS for PPC and ARM that would provide something more extensible and functional than XORP.
Heck, even Technologic Systems (http://www.embeddedarm.com/) has more mature, embedded products than XORP.
XORP is a great idea--but you're better off going with companies that have already proven themselves in the market and have mature products.
Linux enthusiasts ought to look toward more commercial companies, such as ImageStream (http://www.imagestream.com/) who has been in business 10 years, and building Linux routers for 7. Their corporate profile says they have 30K units in the field.
MontaVista (http://www.montavista.com/) has an embedded OS for PPC and ARM that would provide something more extensible and functional than XORP.
Heck, even Technologic Systems (http://www.embeddedarm.com/) has more mature, embedded products than XORP.
XORP is a great idea--but you're better off going with companies that have already proven themselves in the market and have mature products.
