ISBN 978-1-847192-88-2
www.packtpub.com
Cover Image by Vinayak Chittar (vinayak.chittar@gmail.com)
Credits
Author
Nir Simionovich
Reviewers
Kimberly Collins
Kristian Kielhofner
Acquisition Editor
Viraj Joshi
Technical Editor
Akshara Aware
Editorial Team Leader
Mithil Kulkarni
Project Manager
Abhijeet Deobhakta
Project Coordinator
Aboli Mendhe
Indexer
Hemangini Bari
Proofreader
Chris Smith
Production Coordinator
Shantanu Zagade
Cover Work
Shantanu Zagade
Foreword
Asterisk?® has grown from the very humble beginnings of being my own PBX
since I couldn't afford to buy one, and has grown into a world-wide phenomenon,
becoming successful due to both the ideas behind it as well as the open-source
development model. The usability and usefulness of Asterisk as part of an IP PBX or
other telephony system versus a proprietary phone system can be compared in part
to the difference between the Betamax and VHS video standards (except, of course
that Asterisk is both the open system *and* the best quality system). Betamax, while
of an initial high quality, was a proprietary system whose technology could only be
advanced by the original creators of the standard. The VHS standard, on the other
hand, was made available to a larger development base and thus resulted in more
innovation and development.
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