As software becomes increasingly important in the world of network operations, Open Source Software is also gaining more attention. But, network engineers are typically focused… Read More »OSS and You: love it, hate it? never gave it serious thought?
For small network tooling, open source software seems an obvious choice. If you have a problem, perhaps someone else has already had and solved the problem, and you can pick up the code and go. But, a lot of small open source projects are “ego-” or “abandonware” — developed by one person who isn’t really interested in considering changes, and/or who has since moved on to other projects.
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