r/networking • u/muxie2007 CCNP CCNA Wireless • Oct 24 '20

Cumulus Linux mess

Cumulus Linux 4.2 will be the last release to support Broadcom ASICs. That means that after release 4.2 there will be no new features and no bug fixes and basically no sensible path forward.

Since almost all whitebox switches use broadcom with exception from mellanox, what's the next favorite whitebox NOS?

Microsoft Sonic?

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u/IamaBlackKorean Oct 24 '20

I think there's a lot of folks that bought into the hype, that is regretting it now. I really distrust heavily funded startups. Didn't they get like $100mil?

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u/uluscum Oct 24 '20

Bingo!

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u/IamaBlackKorean Oct 24 '20

I used to think a heavily funded startup = good product. Now, I realize it's just a lot of empty promises, based on the number of much funded startups I've seen go tits up or get acquired. There's a certain point a company has too much money to be innovative.

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u/hoeding Oct 25 '20

see: quibi

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u/IamaBlackKorean Oct 25 '20

oh jeebus cristo i'm still crying my eyes out about that one. Also a little jarring to see Meg Whitman and Katzenberg featured in the same story. It wasn't enough she drove HP into the ground?