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Chapter 1. A Telephony Revolution
Chapter 1. A Telephony Revolution
It does not require a majority to prevail,
but rather an irate, tireless minority
keen to set brush fires in people's minds.—Samuel Adams
An incredible revolution is under way. It has been a long time in coming, but now that it has started, there will be no stopping it. It is taking place in an area of technology that has lapsed embarrassingly far behind every other industry that calls itself high-tech. The industry is telecommunications, and the revolution is being fueled by an open source Private Branch eXchange (PBX) called AsteriskTM.
