About 10 years ago, Cisco made an attempt to re-engineer IOS to become something aproaching a modern OS (called IOS-NG). The project over ran budgets, and timescapes, and eventually just ran into the sand, after costing millions of dollars (although part of it did turn up on the BFR/HFR). How much more likely is this attempt to succeed?

They spun off Ayrnetworks to do this for them 7 years back, but they chose the wrong platform to do that. Linux was the wrong choice to do this as it is a licensing nightmare for high end routing applications.

I think the IOS-NG project eventually resulted in IOS-XR which runs on the _really_ highend platforms lack the CSR-1 (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5845/index.html).

As for API's, I guess this was pretty inevitable, Juniper was moving to do it and in the Switch space Extreme have been doing it for a while in XOS... though how well remains to be seen >80)

Having posted about techie stuff.... I must find something pointless and (not) humorous to say as per RegClub regulations...erm... Paris Hilton Prison Penguin. That'll work.. yeah

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Martin