Microsoft shifts SONiC network operating system development to Linux Foundation Channel Asia


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The enhancement and adoption of SONiC -- the open source network operating system -- could accelerate now that its development has been given over to the Linux Foundation, according to experts. Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) had been overseen by Microsoft, which has now ceded that role to the Linux Foundation. The shift could result in the scale and use of the NOS grow as the foundation provides a trusted hub for over 450,000 developers to code, manage and advance open technology projects. The Linux Foundation will focus on the software element of SONiC, while continuing to...