"How open source Asterisk has evolved into complete communication platform.", John Koenig, 2005-03-07 http://networking.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/07/196222
--snip--snip-- According to Spencer, it is now a complete communications platform and a disruptive technology in the computer telephony marketplace. In addition to having PBX functionality, Asterisk is a softswitch, a protocol gateway, a media server, and a VoIP gateway. Fully compatible with a wide range of IP and analog protocols and codecs, Asterisk translates between them on the fly. --snip--snip-- I think it's the sort of article I'd use to sway managment to support an Asterisk project @ work ;) .:. Simon P. Ditner, Asterisk nut, http://uc.org/asterisk .:.
