Open At Cisco
When a colleague pointed out a recent blog discouraging participation in the Cisco Developer Contest because of a suit filed by FSF related to our Linksys division, I thought it was worth sharing some of the things we’ve done within the open source community and how we’ve developed yet another avenue to work with this community
Cisco has been a strong supporter of open source software from early on, and we’ve made extensive contributions to the Linux Kernel - in fact, we’re among the top contributors, and we’re also active members of projects in Eclipse, FreeBSD, Apache and many others. A number of significant contributions are described at Open at Cisco.
Many in the open source community know this already, and are very supportive of Cisco’s contributions, with the Linux Magazine’s recognition and the articulate blog from the Linux Foundation. It is important for our customers and partners to know that Cisco takes its open source software obligations seriously and we are disappointed that a suit has been filed by FSF related to our Linksys division. As people in the community know, we have always worked closely with FSF, and hope to reach a resolution agreeable to the company and the Foundation.
In the meantime, we continue to drive exciting initiatives such as the Cisco Think Inside the Box Developer contest and deliver on the partner ecosystem around the Linux-based network module for the Cisco Integrated Services Routers that are focused on solving real customer problems in branch environments. With over 5 million ISRs deployed, and with a majority of the employees working away from headquarters the branch opportunities for application integration through such efforts are endless. Programs such as Cisco’s Industry Solutions Partner Network help us scale these efforts and bring the offering to a broader customer base.
As we continue to get widespread interest and contest registrations from many different countries, we invite you to join forces with us and help us engage in collaborative community-building.
Post by Shashi Kiran, Manager, Network Services
Posted by Cisco PR at 01:29PM PST
Mark Hurtz Feb 1, 2009
Congratulations on your award. I guess you’re referring to the ZDnet posting here, but I’m also unsure of the value of hosting applications on a CPE communications gateway. If it fails, will your enterprise applications be impacted, or vice-versa?
Please ensure you’re continuing to do the right thing with open initiatives.