[asterisk-users] Open Source in an Economic Downturn: Asterisk stories needed

[Gordon Henderson]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Michael wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:37:57 John Todd wrote:
>> I'm giving a talk at SCALE 2009 (Southern CAlifornia Linux Expo) on
>> Sunday in Los Angeles, and the topic of my talk is "Open Source in an
>> Economic Downturn".  I've got lots of talking points for this talk,
>> but it would be interesting to hear some short anecdotes about how you
>> in the Asterisk community are thriving, or at least surviving, by
>> virtue of the benefits of Open Source.  I find that real-world
>> examples are worth more than all of the bullet points in the world,
>> and timely stories from the community would be more interesting than
>> hearing me prattle on.
>
> What "economic downturn"?
>
> I'm sick and tired of hearing this mantra.

Same here (in the UK).

As long as people need to make phone calls ...

Gordon