I just came across this post by Kelly Herrell, and it highlights some of the key facts on why implementing Vyatta over Cisco makes absolute sense. The amount of R&D that goes into Cisco’s routing and security (approximately $0.5B) is at least 20 times less than the amount that goes into the x86 platform ($300B+).
Scaling Networks the x86 Way: Vyatta/Intel vs Cisco
