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Re: Good Times for a Linux-based PBX

On Sep 14, 6:30 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> ____/ Ramon F Herrera on Friday 14 September 2007 07:16 : \____
>
>
>
> > On Sep 14, 1:06 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >> September to Remember for Asterisk
>
> >> ,----[ Quote ]
> >> | ...there are some clear signs that Asterisk is pushing beyond the
> >> | open source crowd and gaining momentum within small and midsize
> >> | businesses.
> >> |
> >> | [...]
> >> |
> >> | At first glance, the Asterisk market is dominated by its chief backer -
> >> | Digium - much in the way that Red Hat leads the corporate Linux market.
> >> | But take a closer look, and you'll see a range of hardware, software and
> >> | service providers building out the Asterisk ecosystem.
> >> `----
>
> >>http://techiqmag.com/2007/09/11/september-to-remember-for-asterisk/
>
> >> Related:
>
> >> Top 10 Reasons Why I love Asterisk
>
> >> ,----[ Quote ]
> >> | In November 2001 I wrote an article for Communications Solutions Magazine
> >> | (precuror to the #1 VoIP magazine, Internet Telephony Magazine) titled "In
> >> | Search Of A Linux-Based PBX" . In that article I espoused the benefits of
> >> | Linux and open source and pondered why there wasn't an open source
> >> | Linux-based PBX. It was then that I discovered and wrote about Asterisk
> >> | which virtually no one knew about and which was still up-and-coming.
> >> `----
>
> >>http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/asterisk/top-10-reasons-why-i...
>
> >> Digium Acquires Key Asterisk Open Source Partner Sokol & Associates
>
> >> ,----[ Quote ]
> >> | Digium has long enjoyed a close relationship with Steve Sokol and
> >> | his colleagues, all of whom have joined Digium's team. By acquiring
> >> | the company, Digium gains an additional channel through which it
> >> | can communicate Asterisk enhancements to the IT, telephony,
> >> | software development, reseller and call center professionals
> >> | who use the software every day.
> >> `----
>
> >>http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=n...
>
> >> Asterisk opens one company's eyes to open source
>
> >> ,----[ Quote ]
> >> | AFS runs the Asterisk phone system on two Linux servers -- one in
> >> | Rochester and another in Atlanta -- using the Inter-Asterisk Exchange
> >> | (IAX2) protocol to connect the two via a VPN. If the VPN goes down, the
> >> | system is designed to immediately begin using the Public Switched
> >> | Telephone Network (PSTN).
> >> `----
>
> >>http://www.linux.com/feature/117262
>
> > The original business plan of Mark Spencer (the creator of Asterisk)
> > was to provide Linux support, and since he couldn't afford a PBX, he
> > decided to make one in software. In fact, the toll free phone number
> > of his company, Digium, is still 1-800-LINUX-ME
>
> > I have seen many former windopes sysadmins and decision makers who
> > wouldn't touch Linux, but have been converted thanks to Asterisk.
>
> > Meanwhile M$ and its brownosers are making lame attempts to produce a
> > software PBX.
>
> The way I read things, in the Windows world, you have many partners and 'boot
> lickers' dancing around the Microsoft Product(R) and hoping to get a buck in
> return. If they manage to create software that becomes profitable on Windows,
> Microsoft will copy that software and bundle.
>

It's even worse, Roy. When a hopeful developer has a good idea/
product, Microsoft will say: "Oh, yeah, we are working on it, the next
version of {Windows, Office, MS SQL} will come with it".

The following morning the developer -hopeful no longer- is behind SCO
in the Chapter 11 waiting line.

-Ramon




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