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Darren Nickerson wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mid01df01c58ff4$0255b250$050a000a@dazzalap"
type="cite">"Brian West" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:brian.west@mac.com"><brian.west@mac.com></a>:
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<blockquote type="cite">Aidan isn't a troll he does raise a very
valid point.
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Which was, I presume, that companies that once collaborated on Asterisk
development such as Sangoma don't find themselves on friendly terms
with Digium now that they're competing for * implementors $$s?
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If Aidan's point was that Digium isn't playing nice nice with Sangoma,
I think that's politics that most of us don't know enough to comment
on, and that should not really concern anyone but the companies
involved. So maybe he _is_ a troll.
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If his point was that the dual licensing model somehow disadvantages
companies such as Sangoma, who don't find themselves on a level playing
field, and that this causes pain and suffering to * users because of
lack of competition in hardware supporting asterisk, well them maybe
he's not a troll.
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Please don't get all protectionist on me and say Digium has earned the
right to be the only hardware vendor. I'll respect your right to "Buy
Digium" as long as you respect my right to buy the cheapest or perhaps
the most critically acclaimed card asterisk-supporting flavor of the
month ;-) I know I won't hurt Mark's feelings - he recognizes that
competition is a healthy part of the capitalist market Digium is in the
process of disrupting. The following is excerpted from:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.com.com/Is+the+telephone+industry+ready+for+open+source/2008-1082_3-5737703.html">http://news.com.com/Is+the+telephone+industry+ready+for+open+source/2008-1082_3-5737703.html</a>
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"Capitalism, to me, is a system of competition in which the end product
becomes better and (less expensive) because of competitive forces
pushing on it. Open source forces you to have to be more competitive.
As you add competitive advantage, that advantage is adopted more
rapidly; you can't sit back on your development. It forces you to
constantly be innovative because people can use your new thing
immediately."
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I think we've already seen the benefits of this competition - we've
seen Digium innovate their hardware quite rapidly, adding the
often-requested echo cancellation to their already popular T1/E1/J1
boards for instance.
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But I guess I'm wondering ... does the present licensing model
discourage other vendors from contributing to *? I'm not sure Sangoma
developers could sign the disclaimers even if they wanted to ... but
then again I don't know if there's anyone there with anything to offer.
I would think that that fact that they're selling hardware that
supports * means that there's _some_ sharp cookies there, but perhaps
they're just kernel module/driver hackers out to make a quick buck off
of Digiums's back without contributing to the core?
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-Darren <br>
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<font face="Times New Roman">>I'll put in my two cents worth! <br>
Who actually manufactures the chips? IF they are the same company or
equivalent devices, then the firmware/software drivers will be similar
and Sangoma products will naturally be workable with *. <br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca]</pre>
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