[186742] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: announcement of freerouter
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jimmy Hess)
Wed Dec 30 19:54:23 2015
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From: Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:54:00 -0600
To: Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org>
Cc: "<nanog@nanog.org>" <nanog@nanog.org>,
Mike - st257 <silvertip257@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Mel Beckman <mel@beckman.org> wrote:
> Amazing what the proprietary appropriation of a single Word can do :)
Yes.... I'm quite bothered by that. As far as I'm concerned "Router
OS" refers to whatever operating system drives a router.
Just like "Computer OS" is not referring to a specific piece of
software, but it's a description of a software's role within a
system.
To suggest "Router OS" refers to a specific product, is like
suggesting "Bottled Water" refers to a specific brand of packaged
liquid.
> -mel
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-JH
