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Subject: Re: support of iso networking 
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From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com>
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> Any company which is going to have to modify an operating system to run
> on their routers who ignores an operating system with a reputable network
> stack merely because it lacks in-tree support for a particular protocol
> isn't worth hte money.

I am afraid it is not that simple.  By using as much existing
work as a company can get its hands on (either open source or
bought from s/w vendors) it can get its product to market
that much sooner.  This allows a company to focus on code
integration, bug fixes and most importantly, on the value
being added by its product.  All else being equal it would a
waste of time & resources (from the company's perspective) to
reintegrate netiso in FreeBSD when it is already available in
NetBSD.  Of course, it should also look at code quality, ease
of maintenance, scalability etc.

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