Design Overview

• Foundation of Open Source Components

  • Core Components (shown here)
  • Build System (Autoconf, Automake, Libtool, Make & GCC)
  • Source Control (CVS)
  • Testing (Python)

• Layered Approach

  • Open Source OS-Dependent Layer
  • Non-Monolithic to Encourage Reuse
  • Higher Levels of Abstraction Going Up

• Extensible via Plugin Modules

  • Support New Data & Views
  • Vendor Differentiation

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