Alcatel-Lucent is planning to switch from VxWorks to embedded Linux for its network switch equipment, says an industry report. The shift is intended to be transparent to users of the overlaying Alcatel-Lucent Operating System (AOS), which has been upgraded to version 6.3.4, says the story.
The switch from Wind River's VxWorks to an unnamed Linux distribution should come by early next year, says an InternetNews.com story, attributing the comments to Minka Nikolova, senior product manager at Alcatel-Lucent.
"There are great packages that are available on Linux and a lot of new packages we can integrate into our switches if we decide to do so," Nikolova was quoted as saying. "The packages that VxWorks provides really aren't the latest and greatest. Basically everyone is moving toward Linux."
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