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[Hilos de Discusión] [Fecha] [Tema] [Autor]--- Godofredo Garay Alvarez <godo en reduc cmw edu cu> escribió: > De: Godofredo Garay Alvarez <godo en reduc cmw edu cu> > A: linux-l en mail linux cu > Asunto: Un enrutador CISCO de 15000 USD lo que tiene > internamente es Linux > Responder a: linux-l en mail linux cu > Fecha: Wed, 29 May 2002 16:15:42 -0400 > > Cisco $15,000 "blade" is really a PC > > Running a Linux kernel... > > By Eva Glass, 29/05/2002 08:41:25 BST > > A BLADE UNIT Cisco sell for its 6500 series of > Catalyst switches and grandly > named the Network Analysis Module (NAM), is really a > PC under the surface. > > The NAM costs $15,000 and has a plate on its front > labelled "For Vendor Use > Only". > > But one system engineer was brave enough to remove > the plate, which you can > just about see in this picture, only to find that > underneath it are parallel > port, serial port, VGA plug, mouse, keyboard and USB > ports. > > He said: "Great. We've just spent $15,000 plus on a > PC motherboard". > > The card, he claims, is running a Linux kernel and > has a number of GPL tools > included such as syslogd klogd crond mingetty agetty > ps & top. > > "If you have access to CCO and download updated > software for the NAM you > find that it is basically a gziped disk image of a > Linux System complete with > Lilo and a number of FSF foundation utilities > (strings imagefile | grep > Foundation")". > > But, he wonders whether Cisco can distribute Linux > or GNU tools without > displaying the GPL or copyright notices. > > And he also wonders whether Cisco has modified GPL > software without > publishing the source. > > He can't help speculating, either, about which OS > Cisco is running on the > 6500 IDS module. > > Over to you Cisco. Eva Glass is waiting for your > email... µ > _______________________________________________ > Linux-l maillist - Linux-l en mail linux cu > Web interface: > http://www.linux.cu/mailman/listinfo/linux-l > Mail > interface:(help,info,subscribe):linux-l-request en mail linux cu > archives search:http://www.linux.cu/mailman/listinfo/linux-l _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lista de soporte de LinuxPPP Reglas de la lista en http://linuxppp.com/reglas.html