Cisco becomes a major Linux server vendor overnight

“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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