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[News] "Microsoft Guy" Turns to Free Software, Linux/Free VoIP Rising

  • Subject: [News] "Microsoft Guy" Turns to Free Software, Linux/Free VoIP Rising
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:11:48 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
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!)        
| 
| 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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