Cisco to Linux (Was: ISPs: Linux's role nowadays)

[Mihamina Rakotomandimby]

> Marcel Rieux <m.z.rieux at gmail.com> :
> I was under the impression that, at most small ISPs, Linux had
> replaced Unix and played a central role in making things work. But
> today, I spoke to an ISP employee who told me that Linux was only used
> for Web servers and that, for routing and firewalling, nobody escaped
> companies Cisco 

We are a "mini ISP" and escaped Cisco to these:
http://lannerinc.com/Network_Application_Platforms/x86_Network_Appliance/1U_Network_Appliances

They are sold without OS and we choosed to put Linux on them.

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