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IBM To Run VoIP On Linux

Posted by timothy on from the packetized dept.

hrhsoleil writes "Johnny Barnes, IBM's vice president of global IT solutions and standards, told attendees at a TechTarget conference this week that his company plans to migrate at least 80% of its more than 300,000 employees to voice over IP by 2008. The project will replace approximately 900 PBXs around the world with regional IP installations. IBM's server-based IP telephony platform is going to run on Linux."

5 of 198 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I for one by jared_hanson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Read the sig. Learn. Grow up or go away.

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    -- Fighting mediocrity one bad post at a time.
  2. Re:Big Blue vs. The Banna Republic Phone Company by ScrewMaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Banna Republic"? "Phillipeans?"

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    The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
  3. Why you don't hear about Tron-based products by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's say you buy a swimming pool for your house. You attach the hose to the faucet and start to fill that sucker up. But with what? What a dumb question! Water, of course. While it may be pretty cool to you to have a brand new swimming pool, the fact that it is filled with water is not news. That's just the natural thing to fill it with.

    Same with small devices like cameras and phones. It's not news when they are loaded with Tron. That's what Tron was designed to be useful for and it's small, well-supported, and works really well at what it does. Maybe the news that you've got a new product to sell makes the news, but the fact that it runs Tron is just par for the course. It's the natural thing.

    If you were to fill your swimming pool with gelatin or Mountain Dew, that might be news. But water? That's not news.

  4. Re:IBM converting employees? by millette · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your cake is just like my mom...

  5. Re:Everything moving on to ip by Phroggy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Hello, this is the operator."

    Tank, I need an exit.

    um, sorry, had to.

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    $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
    $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;