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 ONOS (Open Networking Operating System)
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-ONOS (Open Network Operating System) is an experimental distributed SDN OS. ONOS is under development and was demonstrated at ONS'13.
+ONOS (Open Network Operating System) is an experimental distributed SDN OS. ONOS is under development. ONOS was announced and demonstrated at ONS'13.
 
 Steps to download and setup development VM
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