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Linux Firms Gear Up For Telecom Industry; Seeking "Carrier Grade'; After telecom slowdown, IBM, others see Linux as way to keep costs low.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)
Byline: KEN SPENCER BROWN
To earn the label "carrier-grade," telecom hardware must have the mettle to withstand fires, earthquakes and other calamities.
A toughened-up version of Linux could help it endure all that, along with a hazard just as scary for telecom firms -- penny-pinching customers.
As telecom gear makers look to make their products more affordable, Linux backers hope they'll shift from pricey systems based on Unix and other closed software to those using Linux and Intel chips.
Open Source Development Labs, a trade group that employs Linux creator Linus Torvalds, is working on a road map for a telecom-ready version of the software.
Building on earlier guidelines, these new, third-generation specifications aim to make Linux more appealing to phone companies. They should be ready this year.
IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and others are betting telecom firms -- still traumatized after a deep spending funk -- will embrace Linux to save money.
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