Ask HN: What is the status of open source “infrastructure”?

7 pointswopwopwop9y ago2 comments

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chatmasta9y ago· 1 in thread

The state of SDN is pretty advanced, and a lot of it is open sourced (openflow, openvswitch). Lots of big enterprises still use Juniper and Cisco routers, and probably will for a long time, but as newer startups start to favor open source solutions, the open source SDN ecosystem should continue to grow.

wopwopwopOP9y ago

Thanks. I've just learned about the concept of SDN.

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