__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 14 March 2007 15:20 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> VoiceCon: Avaya CEO talks about changes, competition
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Louis D'Ambrosio became top guy at Avaya last July, making him only
>>| the company's second CEO since its inception in 2000, when Avaya was
>>| spun off from Lucent's legacy business telephony arm...
>>|
>>| We're a Linux-based product. We have a compelling set of software
>>| attributes. In terms of execution, we talk about getting into
>>| fighting shape.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/030807-avaya-ceo-changes-competition.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
>>
>> Last week I read that Microsoft considered buying them. Maybe it was
>> antitrust that prevented this (can't recall), but either way it could be
>> another case of Linux threat being acquired.
>>
>
> I wouldn't have thought that Avaya were any particular threat to MS, as
> MS have no PBX offering anyway, although they are pushing the LCS
> offering, which appears to be a way of keeping existing customers locked
> to Microsoft.
>
> Also, Microsoft have been getting /very/ close to Nortel recently, who
> have a huge amount of interest all over the telco space, including
> transport equipment, (tdm & packet), PBB-TE (carrier-grade ethernet),
> media gateways, softswitches, PBXs, SCPs and they claim some IMS
> capabilities too. If MS are looking to get into a different space, this
> might be it, although if they think it would help their margins, they
> will be sadly disappointed.
Avaya opens Comms Manager for corporate AV
"We've always been Linux-based..."
http://www.computerbusinessreview.com/article_news.asp?guid=E2564318-8BF4-406F-ADA6-4DABF51D8C33
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