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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#7030A0">SDXcentral is running a survey to gather industry insights and market research on networking and open source.  If you’re interested in participating and
 giving your input here’s a link: <a href="https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/announcements/open-source-networking-survey/2017/10/">
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 including L2 to L4 stacks, as well as projects that manage or orchestrate networking equipment.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#7030A0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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