Asterisk awakens open source love in telecom entrepreneur
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| Fribush's previous company produced Web telephony software for the online
| dating industry. When that business was sold in 2006, he started looking for
| his next project and noticed an interesting trend. "We were looking at the
| Asterisk movement, and we started looking at some of the momentum," Fribush
| says. "It was a big disrupter. And we thought that one of the missing pieces
| was a turnkey solution where the application was actually hosted." Fribush
| partnered with his friend Michael Rand to launch Aretta
| Communications. "That's really the start of my open source background. I've
| really always been a Microsoft guy. You get converted when you see the power
| of open source tools. Now it is the majority of our infrastructure."
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http://www.linux.com/feature/123066
Asterisk and Linux most probably.
Enterprise VoIP Planet 2007 in Review
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| If there is an underlying theme to the VoIP industry, I would call it chaos
| and opportunity, thanks to the open source Asterisk iPBX that launched this
| whole telecom revolution. Even industry analysts are recognizing the value of
| open source, and how it creates opportunities and fosters creativity in the
| VoIP space (just as it does everywhere). The barrier to entry is low. Anyone
| who picks up the requisite networking and telecom skills can pick and choose
| from any number of free Asterisk-based iPBX packages, and build a good
| business around network evaluation, installation, service, and support. (Note
| to potential freelance moguls: Social skills matter!)
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| Another option is to become a reseller and have the backing of an established
| vendor. Fonality and Digium are two examples of companies that are
| reseller-friendly.
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http://www.voipplanet.com/news/article.php/3719181
Related:
Digium preps Asterisk Linux distribution
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| "We developed our own GUI [which is] similar to Trixbox [distribution],
| but the purpose of AsteriskNow is to provide a distribution built
| around Asterisk technology so people can use it without the GUI," he
| said. "The GUI is the same as the Asterisk Appliance that looks
| like a Linksys router that runs Asterisk and has analogue ports."
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1047335524;fp;2;fpid;1
Linux dominating VoIP devices?
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| Trolltech says its development framework and software stack for mobile
| devices was selected by Skype as the preferred platform for Skype-certified
| VoIP (voice-over-IP) phones. Additionally, the Qtopia framework/stack has
| been used in about 40 VoIP devices, making it the "dominant Linux
| development platform for VoIP/WiFi devices," according to Trolltech.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9974606142.html
Digium Takes Best of Open Source Software Award
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| Bossie judges singled out Digium for being the “most mature and scalable” IP
| PBX currently available.
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http://www.voip-news.com/blog/20070918/digium-takes-best-of-open-source-software-award/
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