Hey folks, Perhaps a silly question: I am kinda confused because i was thinking that OpenFlow wouldn't be possible without Merchant Silicon. This because the Cisco`s and Brocade`s wouldn't allow the support of OpenFlow on their devices? I mean why would they (especially Cisco) when custom hardware and features is their core business right? Can some one please explain this to me?
Nick McKeown said that Merchant Silicon was a revolution in itself, at the ONS: https://www.youtube....h?v=W734gLC9-dw<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W734gLC9-dw> 3:05. Lets say Merchant Silicon didn't exist, what kind of an impact would that have on OpenFlow? Would the Cisco`s not support OpenFlow and thus we`d be stuck? Thanks in advance!
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