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diff --git a/site/about.md b/site/about.md deleted file mode 100644 index c4264ed..0000000 --- a/site/about.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -# VyOS Project - -VyOS is a fully open-source network OS. - -## Goals - -* Provide a universal network OS that can run on commodity hardware (from large rack-mountable servers to small desktop appliances and old PCs), all popular hypervisors and cloud platforms. -* Give all people control over their network equipment by giving them the full source code and means to build it. - -## 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 |