Production Quality Linux Driver

TeleSoft and Agora Labs both offer code that is fully tested--in their test labs, in professional test labs, and in the field.  Both companies use proprietary test methods and industry standard test suites.  However, it is said that the proof of the pudding is in the eating.  Likewise, the proof of a protocol stack is in its interoperability.  Both Agora Labs and TeleSoft have a large number of customers, each deploying thousands of units in the field.  And both companies work closely with their installed base of customers to keep their products up to date and interoperable.

Open Source Linux Drivers

Open source software is very appealing because at first it appears to be free. However there are hidden costs that only become apparent as your engineers get more deeply involved. A few of our prospects tried working with open source, only to find out that they spent well over 6 months working with it and still could not accomplish their goals with what was available. They then licensed one of our products and were able to get their project back on track, but in the process wasted a significant amount of market entry time and engineering resources.

Remember that the code is only about 20% of the programming part of a project. The other 80% is split between designing and debugging your product. And those numbers don’t include the marketing side of design, any learning or training that is needed, or the initial live testing, field testing, interoperability testing, certification testing, or customer testing that any communications product needs.

Open-source software is often just a few code modules. Our solutions includes much more than just the code. Some of the features we include are:

And we help you discover the hidden costs of implementation.

The Cost of Open-Source

Only about 10% of an iceberg is visible; even less of the cost of Open Source software is apparent at first glance.
 

Some of the hidden costs of using open source: