asterisk users - Feb 2004 - Pingtel Opensource PBX Announcement

Other vendors are seeing the benefits of open source:

      From: http://www.pingtel.com/a_opensource.jsp

      Announcing the emergence of an enterprise-class open source IP PBX



      Tapping into open source

      Pingtel?s open source business model will prove to be a fundamentally
disruptive force in the
$5 billion per year enterprise PBX market. By offering enterprise-class, all
SIP-based, open source
IP PBX software under a Linux-style subscription license, Pingtel is combining
the best attributes
of open source development - low cost, adaptability and flexibility - with the
reliable solutions
and support enterprises require for voice applications. Pingtel?s open source IP
PBX software is the
linchpin technology that will catalyze the movement of enterprise communications
into the data
center and away from purpose-built hardware. Like enterprise-grade Linux, this
approach will drive
commoditization of traditional telephony hardware and software and eliminate
technology lock-ins
that have plagued the industry for decades. This new business model will lead to
pervasive adoption
and shift significant market share away from vertically integrated,
proprietary-solution
competitors.


Jim

James H. Thompson
jht@lava.net

On Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:04 AM, James H. Thompson 
[SMTP:jht@lj.net] wrote:
>       Other vendors are seeing the benefits of open source:
>
>       From: http://www.pingtel.com/a_opensource.jsp
>
>       Announcing the emergence of an enterprise-class open source IP
>       PBX
>
>       Tapping into open source
>
>       Pingtel's open source business model will prove to be a
>       fundamentally disruptive force in the
> $5 billion per year enterprise PBX market. By offering enterprise-
> class, all SIP-based, open source
> IP PBX software under a Linux-style subscription license,
I do not know what 'Linux-style subscription license' means. Is it GPL? 

I do know that not all open source is not the same.

--
Don Pobanz