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Re:Open-sourcing a more precise time appliance by tyingq on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:00AM (#28141469)
Those have the external source but don't seem to have the internal reference (Rubidium, Cesium, etc) for holdover.

FB seems to be claiming to have invented a PCI card that makes a commodity server into a Stratum-1 source. Meinburg sells that too, but in proprietary appliance form.

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Re:Open-sourcing a more precise time appliance by abyagowi on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:19AM (#28141631)
Again, invented might be too strong. This is an abstraction of what you need minimally to build a time server on an open source basis. We appreciate and are humble to other products in the market
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Re:Open-sourcing a more precise time appliance by tyingq on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @09:34AM (#28141766)
The availability of a much cheaper product than the appliances will likely create a bit of stir with competitors. The article mentions better management functions too. So perhaps invented is too strong, but it's more notable than your follow up comments suggest.
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