[Asterisk-biz] Re: Asterisk Ffork - OpenPBX.org

[stotaro]

> > > Matt Riddell wrote:
> > > >I for one have built my business around a product Digium has given
me.
> > >
> > > I'm
> > >
> > > >not about to turn around and stab them in the back.
> > >
> > > RIGHT ON!   None of these bastards would have the power of Asterisk to
> > > fork if Digium hadn't gave it to the world in the first place.
> > >
> > > My Loyalties are to Mark and Digium all the way.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeremy McNamara
> >
> > I find myself in the unusual position of agreeing with Jeremy here. :)
(no
> > offense intended, Jeremy.) I don't want to get into legalities or dive
into
> > this flame war, but I think that Digium has done the world a great
service
> > by developing, funding, and releasing Asterisk. I think they deserve to
> > profit from their work, and I will support them. If some on this list
don't
> > agree with Digium's vision of Asterisk's future, then they should
> > contribute code and publicly debate their positions. Working against
Digium
> > IMHO is counter productive, and discourages future open source
development.
>
> In what way is OpenPBX working against Digium? A fair percentage of the
new
> code in OpenPBX has either previously not been accepted by Digium or has
not
> been "disclaimed" by the owners of that code for one reason or another.
> Putting these patches together in one place, using a new name (As per
Mark's
> wishes) and continuing development in a direction that Digium currently
isn't
> heading all do not harm Digium in any way. What these things DO create
though
> is an alternative PBX which natively supports Digium hardware as well as
> providing features to end users that Digium is either unwilling or unable
to
> provide in Asterisk.
>
> Hmmmm... Another piece of software that works with Digium's hardware but
> doesn't require any of Digium's resources to maintain, with the added
> advantage of having more features than the software that Digium already
gives
> away for free as a loss leader to sell their hardware... Can someone
please
> explain how this "works against Digium"??

It could possibly hurt ABE sales.  Sangoma and Govarion are hurting the
hardware sales.