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Re: [News] Inexpensive Linux Servers for Telecom Industry

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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 06 July 2006 07:31 \__
> 
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Linux console servers target telecom
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>>>| Opengear is shipping 48-Volt "telecom" versions of two inexpensive
>>>| console servers based on Linux and other open source software.
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>>>                 http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5496581154.html
>> 
>> Unpicking the operational support systems in telco land could save
>> billions - this is a very interesting step in the right direction.
> 
> There are many more such companies, but articles about such initiatives only
> go a few months back. It appears to be part of that so-called OSS
> 'revolution'. And it's not just telecom servers. Merely any server maker
> that has capitalised on high cost is yet to suffer.
> 

The telco world was probably the worst of all in terms of lock-in, as
there were also strong political barriers in play as well.  Even now,
most governments are not willing to hand over their comms to all but a
few organisations.

Once upon a time, telcos had enormous margins because of these
government enabled monopolies, then the world changed, and their margins
were squeezed, very hard indeed.  Their suppliers, however, lived on the
huge cash-piles which the telcos had amassed during their glory-days,
but now, those piles are almost empty, and the neps need to find other
ways to line their pockets.  Fortunately for the customer, the telco,
and the nep, open-source is out there to crack all the lock-in, and
provide a viable business model.

Don't forget that without the telcos, there would be NO INTERNET, NO
WEB, NO NEWSGROUPS, nothing.  The telcos connected the world together,
and in their way, achieved some incredible things;  but their world is
changing, and so, the internet's world is changing with it.  The
internet needs the telcos to exist, the telcos want the internet to
offer some kind of profit, without the lock-in.

-- 
| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
If God wanted us to have a President, He would have sent us a candidate.
		-- Jerry Dreshfield

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