NewsForge: Carrier Grade Linux Moving to Carriers and Beyond

“Carrier Grade Linux (CGL)–an open source software framework
being developed by the Open Source Development Labs to support
high-availability, fast-to-market solutions for major
telecommunications and other companies–is taking considerable time
to penetrate the slow-moving carrier market, but it is also gaining
ground in vertical segments such as financial services, according
to analysts attending this week’s SuperComm telecom conference in
Chicago.

“David Willis, a Meta Group senior analyst, said it’s too early
to call CGL a huge success, mainly because of the sluggish pace at
which telecom carriers move. ‘It takes a long time for the carrier
to turn the ship,’ Willis said…”

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