[Asterisk-Users] NetworkWorld article on Open Source Telephony

[Kevin P. Fleming]

John Todd wrote:

> I am not saying that this is good or bad, actually.  It's neutral. The 
> purpose of Open Source is not to defeat commercial implementations of 
> the same features, but to provide a "better" solution for some people 
> who want to get in there and make things work exactly they way they 
> wanted, if they have the spare time, clue, and don't have any money to 
> pay someone else to do it.

Or, maybe even they _do_ have the money to pay someone else to do it, 
but they are open-minded enough to let those hired brains help them make 
the right decisions :-)