[Discussion] MikroTik configuration abstraction complexity

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@jaclaz

  1. Nobody is asking for a Juniper MX2020 from MikroTik.

  2. MikroTik HARDWARE isn’t the problem. In last 10 years of MikroTik, 1/10 are hardware issues.

  3. MikroTik SOFTWARE is the problem. In last 10 years of MikroTik, 10/10 are software issues.

They can opt for fastest/cheapest solution i.e. enable official ONIE flashing support. OR, they hire more software engineers who can build ROSv8 or whatever to be on-par with Nokia SR-Linux:

  1. Open source components and data model
  2. Contribute back to upstream Linux kernel
  3. Remove Linux dataplane
  4. Move to DPDK/VPP or XDP for software dataplane