They are talking hardware. Aka the silicon in the chip.
On Jun 20, 2013 8:01 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Cumulus, which is building a Linux operating system for switches that use
> merchant silicon, ...."
>
> What is 'merchant silicon'?
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Lyle Tuttle <l.tuttle@cox.net> wrote:
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>>  When it comes to a new networking OS, Linux is the Linux of networking
>>
>>
>>  http://tinyurl.com/qbdgqs8
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