Open Source Tomato puts enterprise level feaures in consumer routers

Smart manufacturers are learning that building open devices creates multitudes of applications and markets that the original designers never dreamed of. This creates new markets for the same products, and pushes the envelope for future commercial development with reduced R&D costs. It’s the same model created the explosive variety of apps on the internet where anyone can be a publisher. We’d reported last year on an open source DD-WRT firmware that packs a ton of data center grade goodies into a cheapie router. A few months later, open source firmware Tomato adds ease of use to DD-WRT’s feature set, and the router has gotten even cheaper. Closed source and close architecture companies take note: you could become a “boutique manufacturer” soon if you don’t join the open source wave. Link to article on Lifehacker