Cisco becomes a major Linux server vendor overnight

Oct 08, 2009, 17:04 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Matt Asay)

"Second, as impressive as Cisco's outreach to Linux developers has been, the company also needs to support Microsoft's .Net/Windows developers. It's too big a market to ignore.

"If Cisco can deliver on x86 and to Microsoft developers--and I think it just might--Cisco will have opened its router (server) family to an even larger development community than the already large Linux market, further blurring the distinction between routers and general-purpose servers."

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