"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."
