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diff --git a/site/about.md b/site/about.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f2be7aa --- /dev/null +++ b/site/about.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# 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 |