[Asterisk-Users] CE certification for Europe

[Brian Capouch]

Mark Spencer wrote:>
> 
> Digium has operated unlike essentially any other telecom company.  We have
> released all our drivers and software under Open Source licensing -- on an
> architecture in which almost all the real logic lies in the software.  We
> have tried to be as open as possible, in spite of the risks that we open
> ourselves up to.
> 

Every asterisk user on this earth owes Mark and Digium a huge debt of 
gratitude.  Not only, as he said in this mail, is their hardware very 
very modestly priced, the asterisk software is incomparable in terms of 
its leanness and functionality.

I have no doubt that if in the future Digium asked us users to pony up a 
bit more cash for the hardware they sell there are very few of us who 
wouldn't be glad to do so--this stuff is the best bargain I have 
encountered so far in my career.

I am running asterisk on three servers, hooked to 2 POTS lines, 3 Vonage 
lines, several SIP ITSPs, and some Linejacks just to make life 
interesting.  I get to play in the future space of the telephony 
industry for a total investment of a few hundred dollars.

Thanks, Mark and Digium, and I'm sure my sentiments are shared by most 
of your enthusiastic customer base.

B.