This whitepaper by MontaVista Software's Glenn Seiler provides an introduction to one of the most important emerging applications for Linux — as a “carrier grade” operating system platform in public network telecommunications products. Seiler explains why Linux is rapidly becoming the OS of choice in the telecommunications equipment industry, and outlines the key requirements for what he calls “Carrier… Grade Linux . . . a newly emerging category of Linux”.

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