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+# VyOS Project
+
+## Goals
+
+## History
+
+Back in the days, there was a company named Vyatta inc. that set out to create an open-source network OS
+to allow people to replace expensive proprietary routers with free software and commodity hardware.
+
+Indeed, at the time lower-end routers often _were_ commodity hardware already, with proprietary software
+intentionally locked into it.  The only big thing missing was a network OS with a unified configuration management system
+that could provide the same user experience and reliability as proprietary systems.
+
+Most open-source network OSes focused on SOHO routers and firewalls rather than enterprise and telecom gear,
+and these are different domains.
+Vyatta created a new approach to building network OS CLIs and managing system upgrades.
+
+Unfortunately, Vyatta inc. hasn't seen an economic success as an independent company (the reasons are beyond the scope
+of this discussions). It first started making the software increasingly proprietary, then got acquired by Brocade
+and silently discontinued the open-source version altogether.
+
+That would have left the community without a fully open-source network OS suitable for enterprise routers.
+Thus, in 2013 a group of long-time Vyatta fans forked the last available code and started a new project
+to rescue Vyatta Core and keep it available. That project was named VyOS.
+
+## Team