[Asterisk-Users] Pingtel Opensource PBX Announcement

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Don Pobanz wrote:

>On Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:04 AM, James H. Thompson 
>[SMTP:jht at lj.net] wrote:
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>>      Other vendors are seeing the benefits of open source:
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>>      From: http://www.pingtel.com/a_opensource.jsp
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>>      Announcing the emergence of an enterprise-class open source IP
>>      PBX
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>>      Tapping into open source
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>>      Pingtel's open source business model will prove to be a
>>      fundamentally disruptive force in the
>>$5 billion per year enterprise PBX market. By offering enterprise-
>>class, all SIP-based, open source
>>IP PBX software under a Linux-style subscription license,
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>I do not know what 'Linux-style subscription license' means. Is it GPL? 
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>I do know that not all open source is not the same.
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>Don Pobanz
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This is an interesting statement in the press release..

"SIPxchange, the industry’s first open source based enterprise 
communications suite, is grounded in the concept that a community of 
ideas provides a more fertile ground for innovation, progress and 
product development."

I guess they haven't heard of Asterisk.. :)