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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Interesting article in this months S&B <a
href="http://www.strategy-business.com/press/enewsarticle/enews053107?pg=0">http://www.strategy-business.com/press/enewsarticle/enews053107?pg=0</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Written by Nicholas Carr - <span class=awc-5281><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>The
Ignorance of Crowds “</span></font></b></span><span class=awc-5321><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>The open
source model can play an important role in innovation, but know its limitations”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=awc-5321><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'>At first pass I dissed
it and was about to write back to Art Kleiner the editor about how BAH should
stick to what it knows and was about to provide references on the Asterisk development
as a shining example of Open Source at it’s best……but when
you read it the second or third time on the 3<sup>rd</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> page
it starts to get interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=awc-5321><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Maybe the
implementation Digium/Asterisk has struck is a perfect example of crowd
development but with centralized control.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=awc-5321><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'>Anyway I’m throwing
it out there for what it’s worth and hope it’s of interest.</span></font></b></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Regards,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Dean Collins</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
<font color=black><span style='color:black'>Cognation Pty Ltd<br>
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