1.4. Asterisk: The Professional's
PBX
Never in the history of telecommunications has a
system so suited to the needs of business been available, at any
price. Asterisk is an enabling technology, and, as with Linux, it
will become increasingly rare to find an enterprise that is not
running some version of Asterisk, in some capacity, somewhere in
the network, solving a problem as only Asterisk can.
This acceptance is likely to happen much faster
than it did with Linux, though, for several reasons:
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Linux has already blazed the trail that led to
open source acceptance, so Asterisk can follow that lead.
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The telecom industry is crippled, with no
leadership being provided by the giant industry players. Asterisk
has a compelling, realistic, and exciting vision.
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End users are fed up with incompatible, limited
functionality, and horrible support. Asterisk solves the first two
problems; the community has shown a passion for the latter.
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