asterisk users - Oct 2006 - fonality acquires trixbox (asterisk@home) ?

Looks like phonality has bought trixbox. (I suppose they failed to buy 
digium :)

http://news.asteriskguru.com/10/773/2006/10/5/Fonality_Aquires_trixbox_(formerly_asterisk@home)

Earlier on they found venture capitalist:

http://www.fonality.com/press/20060109.htm

This is kind of strange.  First of all, I didn't know Trixbox was an
official product or company so how can you aquire something that does not
exist?  Secondly, it's all just open source and free as in free beer so what
is the REAL motivation?  

This seems like a very strange fit. I suspect Fonality just want's them to
go away since it would seem to me they fill similar needs except one charges
for the product and support and the other is free.

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Subject: [asterisk-users] fonality acquires trixbox (asterisk@home) ?


Looks like phonality has bought trixbox. (I suppose they failed to buy
digium :)

http://news.asteriskguru.com/10/773/2006/10/5/Fonality_Aquires_trixbox_(form
erly_asterisk@home)

Earlier on they found venture capitalist:

http://www.fonality.com/press/20060109.htm