Open Source VoIP on Campus, Part 2
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| Incidentally, SIP Express Router (SER) is included in many Linux
| distributions and in the Sun Solaris operating system. It also has been
| proven in numerous very large production deployments, including Freenet.de,
| the German telecom and Internet services provider, which is serving more than
| 1 million endpoints, and FWD (formerly FreeWorld Dialup), with half a million
| endpoints.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/59104.html
NeoPhonetics on Open Source and ITEXPO
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| As a leader in open source, Linux-based Asterisk systems, we believe
| Microsoft’s move into unified communications will be primarily complimentary
| of our efforts because they are increasing VoIP adoption but are not likely
| to compete directly for open source Asterisk PBX customers.
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http://opensourcepbx.tmcnet.com/topics/open-source/articles/10269-neophonetics-open-source-itexpo.htm
http://tinyurl.com/3787ky
Microsoft tries it's same old lock-in and anti-standards strategy.
Related:
Slide towards IP gathers pace
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| The drift towards IP technologies is accelerating faster than anticipated, at
| the cost of security and stability, according to survey from Dimension Data.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/21/ip_everywhere_survey/
Microsoft, others scramble for spotlight at VoiceCon
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| Microsoft has licensed its RT Audio Codec for IP (Internet Protocol) voice
| calls to major hardware vendors including Intel, Texas Instruments, and
| Polycom, the company is set to announce Tuesday at the VoiceCon conference.
| It joins several vendors using the event as a showcase for IP telephony
| advancements.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070821/tc_infoworld/91181
Halloween Memo I Confirmed and Microsoft's History on Standards
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| By the way, if you are by any chance trying to figure out Microsoft's policy
| toward standards, particularly in the context of ODF-EOXML, that same
| Microsoft page is revelatory, Microsoft's answer to what the memo meant when
| it said that Microsoft could extend standard protocols so as to deny
| Linux "entry into the market":
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| Q: The first document talked about extending standard protocols as a way
| to "deny OSS projects entry into the market." What does this mean?
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| A: To better serve customers, Microsoft needs to innovate above standard
| protocols. By innovating above the base protocol, we are able to deliver
| advanced functionality to users. An example of this is adding
| transactional support for DTC over HTTP. This would be a value-add and
| would in no way break the standard or undermine the concept of standards,
| of which Microsoft is a significant supporter. Yet it would allow us to
| solve a class of problems in value chain integration for our Web-based
| customers that are not solved by any public standard today. Microsoft
| recognizes that customers are not served by implementations that are
| different without adding value; we therefore support standards as the
| foundation on which further innovation can be based.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070127202224445
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