Asterisk story on Forbes.com
Here's an interesting write-up a friend pointed out to me on Forbes. Another background story about Mark Spencer and Asterisk, the quiet little engine that could in VoIP space.
Dial D for Disruption
Want to build a phone company for $100? Give Mark Spencer a ring.In a research park outside the low-key bustle of downtown Huntsville, Ala. Mark Spencer finishes his barbecue and resumes wreaking havoc on the multibillion-dollar phone equipment business.
Spencer is the inventor of Asterisk, a free software program that establishes phone calls over the Internet and handles voicemail, caller ID, teleconferencing and a host of novel features for the phone. With Asterisk loaded onto a computer, a decent-size company can rip out its traditional phone switch, even some of its newfangled Internet telephone gear, and say good-bye to 80% of its telecom equipment costs. Not good news for Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ), Nortel or Avaya (nyse: AV - news - people ).
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