News: California city implements Asterisk; saves $260K

[Paul Lussier]

"Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:

>   I just found this story, and thought it might be of interest to
>   group members:
>
>   Abstract: Madera, CA implemented a Asterisk-based VoIP phone network
> to replace their aging Mitel PBX.  Proprietary proposals were in the
> $350,000 to $400,000 range.  Instead, by using Free/Open Source
> Software, they spent $140,000, including router and switch upgrades.

My first reaction when seeing that subject line was: "What?  What did
they use instead of * ?  What other metacharacters were they lacking?"

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Seeya,
Paul