Facebook is Designing More Network Hardware

bcrlsn

check this out...quite interesting. Not sure I would trust facebook with layer 2/3 devices... would you?

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/facebook-aims-to-knock-cisco-down-a-peg-with-open-network-hardware/

(Copied from a Spiceworks community page - http://sqz.io/XlWYw)

marcm

This is also very interesting:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151558661058984&set=vb.212540245450324&type=2&theater

Corey

Thanks for the share. That's awesome!

Radi

Open-Source Hardware a.k.a Free Hardware?

bcrlsn

No, free hardware designs. If one could rebuild the hardware then it would be available to them at only the cost of making/building it.

NanoG6

@marcm that's funny! thanks

Damian

@bcarlsonmedia said: If one could rebuild the hardware then it would be available to them at only the cost of making/building it.

That's actually a fun point about the "Open Hardware" initiative: the designs are so Facebook-centric that there's no harm in sharing them with the world, as so few other corporations have a need for such an application

bcrlsn

@Damian - So true. But the idea of that industry being more open is pretty cool.

rethinkvps

They seem to know what they are doing so why not.