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GNU/Linux from...Marks & Spencer
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| As I've just written on Open Enterprise, the rise of the
| ultraportable/netbook was one of free software's biggest successes - and
| surprises - last year. It was particularly important for getting GNU/Linux
| into the hands of punters, many of whom were quite happy with it, contrary to
| the conventional wisdom.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/01/gnulinux-frommarks-spencer.html
Related:
Digium Founder Mark Spencer Recounts the History of Open Source Asterisk PBX
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| Mark got started with Linux early in 1994 Slackware (kernel version 1.09).
| One of the few in Auburn, AL at the time that knew anything about Linux.
| After a stint with Adtran (a global provider of communications equipment) he
| moved out on his own starting a company called Linux Support Services. Mark
| traded his services for space in the back of a local computer store in
| Huntsville, AL. He started by building his own computer and eventually built
| his own phone switch informed by his experience developing GAIM (now Pidgin)
| among other open source projects.
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| He attributes their early success contributions from this technical audience
| with contributions from hundreds of developers and feedback generated by over
| a million downloads in 2007. They also benefited from the fact that
| traditional telephone systems were very expensive and features didn’t
| translate from one system to another. Asterisk was very cost effective,
| configurable, and capable of VOIP in an industry with no clear leader. Also
| there was a fundamental shift in the industry from hardware switches to
| software switches.
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http://socializedsoftware.com/2008/03/16/digium-founder-mark-spencer-recounts-the-history-of-open-source-asterisk-pbx/
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