“To find out which Linux-based products are most popular with
network professionals, we solicited online comments from our
readers during a six-week period. Readers responded not with
accolades for products shipped by traditional enterprise network
giants, such as IBM and Novell, which have only recently
joined the Linux fold. Instead, they pointed to products
developed by companies and open source zealots that have
historically not been enterprise players but have from early on
hung their hats solidly on the Linux hook.”
“Topping our list of useful products is a Linux-based Internet
server appliance from Cobalt Networks called Qube 2, as well as its
higher-end cousin the RAQ 4r, which is targeted at the ISP market.
(Sun announced plans last month to buy Cobalt in a $2 billion stock
swap to help bolster its growing server appliance business.)”
“Another product repeatedly nominated by Network World readers
is Win4Lin, produced by NeTraverse of Austin, Texas. … Two
freeware stalwarts – the Apache Web server and the Samba Unix and
Windows integration software – also made the list of most useful
enterprise products that can run on Linux servers. … Two network
monitoring tools also made the list – the Multi-Router Traffic
Grapher (MRTG) and NetSaint – both open source goodies.”