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*On May 8, 2013, an effort to define an open [[network switch]] was announced.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Up next for the Open Compute Project: The Network |date= May 8, 2013 |author= Jay Hauser for Frank Frankovsky |work= Open Compute blog |url= http://www.opencompute.org/2013/05/08/up-next-for-the-open-compute-project-the-network/ |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref> The plan was to allow Facebook to load its own [[operating system]] software onto the switch. Press reports predicted that more expensive and higher-performance switches would continue to be popular, while less expensive products treated more like a [[commodity]] (using the [[buzzword]] "top-of-rack") might adopt the proposal.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Can Open Compute change network switching? |author= David Chernicoff |work= ZDNet |date= May 9, 2013 |url= http://www.zdnet.com/can-open-compute-change-network-switching-7000015141/ |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref>
A similar project for a custom switch for [[Google]] had been rumored, and evolved into the [[OpenFlow]] protocol.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Facebook Rattles Networking World With ‘Open Source’ Gear |date= May 8, 2013 |author= Cade Metz |work= Wired |url= http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/05/facebook_networking/ |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title= Going With the Flow: Google’s Secret Switch to the Next Wave of Networking |date= April 17, 2012 author= Steven Levy |work= Wired |url= http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/04/going-with-the-flow-google/ |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref>
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