The similarities are there, and they start getting nervous. They are not only threatened by open source running on x86 hardware, but also by open source running

The similarities are there, and they start getting nervous. They are not only threatened by open source running on x86 hardware, but also by open source running on commodity switches. x86 Hardware achieves impressive speeds but consumes to much power compared with special purpose chip sets. If only open-source friendly Intel had switch chips comparable with Broadcoms' (which is notoriously hostile to free software)..