Cisco將會召集到下一代Linux開發人員？
傳統觀念認為，Linux應用程序開發人員往往是圍繞在發行版廠商周圍的，比如紅帽、novell和Canonical（Ubuntu母公司）。但是現在來自Cisco的一項舉措可能使得目前的格局有所改變。因為從去年開始，Cisco為他的統一通信產品舉行了一個基于開源的軟件設計大賽，主要的目標就是吸引Linux平臺的開源軟件開發人員。
這個名為“應用擴展平臺開發者大賽”的比賽是由Cisc0發起的，從去年10月份開始，Cisco的AXP是一個基于Linux的開發平臺，而這個AXP平臺正是Cisco的集成服務路由設備的軟件基礎。所以說這個開發平臺很重要，因為它是Cisco和微軟的統一通信大戰的一個重要砝碼。Cisco推廣他的統一通信，是基于網絡設備，而微軟的統一通信（微軟自己稱統一溝通），作為統一通信整體的解決方案，cisco和微軟誰也離不開誰，但是Cisco在嘗試用基于Linux的軟件的來構建他的統一通信解決方案。
自從去年10月份開始，這個活動就在Linux開發者社區引起了不小的轟動，到目前為止，cisco已經收到來自75個國家和地區，超過900個的參賽作品，形式非常喜人。目前cisco已經宣布了***階段獲得最終大獎提名的10位開發者名單。第二階段即將開始。Cisco將繼續和微軟較勁到底？
Conventional wisdom says Linux application developers are most cozy with distribution specialists like Red Hat, Novell and Canonical. But the folks at Cisco Systems seem to be getting tighter with the Linux developer community, thanks to the so-called AXP (Application eXtension Platform) developer contest. Here’s the scoop from The VAR Guy.
Our resident blogger has been tracking the AXP “Think Inside the Box” contest since November 2008. AXP is a Linux-based application development platform for Cisco’s Integrated Services Routers (ISRs). AXP is particularly critical to the unified communications showdown between Cisco and Microsoft. While Microsoft maintains a Windows-centric view of unified communications, Cisco is promoting network-centric applications development.
Toward that end, Cisco launched the AXP contest to attract more developers to its unified communications and unified computing efforts. The results appear promising: Cisco received roughly 900 AXP contest applications from 75 different countries, according to a company spokeswoman. Now, Cisco has announced the 10 AXP developer finalists from Phase 1 of the contest. Those finalists now move into Phase 2 of the contest.
Chipping Away At Windows?
The VAR Guy isn’t suggesting that the AXP contest will topple Microsoft’s massive channel of independent software vendors (ISVs). But the growth of Linux-centric server applications and network-centric applications is undeniable.
A few examples:
* Roughly 40,000 professionals are now certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
* Novell has introduced new Mono code that allows SUSE Linux to run Microsoft .Net applications.
* Cisco’s AXP contest coupled with the Application-Oriented Networking (AON) push paves the way for more network-centric services.
But is Cisco really succeeding in its efforts to recruit Linux developers to AXP? The VAR Guy will poke around a bit during the Cisco Partner Summit 2009, starting June 2 in Boston.
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