Hi, For the past eight years I have been predicting that it would only be a matter of time before we started replacing the really expensive proprietary hardware and software that goes into making a telephony system. I have been watching while VoIP became better and better, and Gnomemeeting allowed videoconferencing using H.323
Yesterday in the SoftPRO bookstore I saw a book on Asterisk, and for those of you who are not familiar with it, it is an Open Source project to replace the PBX (think "Centrex") services for a company. This is going to be HUGE. It will be HUGE in emerging economies, but also HUGE in our own economy. I show you website http://www.asterisk.org/ This type of work will lower communications costs dramatically. md -- Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(R) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (R)Linux International is a registered trademark in the USA UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the USA and other countries. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
