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It's a money thing. If you sell a 50 seat pbx, the phones cost more than the PBX. Thats a big slice Digium were missing out on. Fewer and fewer people buy telephony cards these days, so something has to fill that gap.
Are They Crazy? Digium Enters The Phone Game With Asterisk IP Phones
When I first saw the news today, my immediate reaction was: Seriously? Digium is coming out with phones???In a rather fascinating move in an already extremely crowded market, Digium announced today that they will be producing "Digium Phones", a new line of IP phones specifically targeted at user...
Just to say XMPP fans can join the call from gmail ( with xmpp) by calling voipusersconference@gmail.com from inside gmail. You'll get voice and IM in the same interface.
Watch the Royal Wedding? Or talk about XMPP? Join VUC on April 29th for an XMPP-fest
So which would you rather do? Watch the Royal Wedding? Or talk about all things XMPP with a bunch of VoIP and telephony geeks? If you'd prefer the latter, then join the VUC conf call at 12 noon US Eastern on Friday, April 29, for a lengthy dive into all things XMPP. (XMPP being the "Extensible M...
The thing with NI in this country is that it is non-linear. It is only paid on the first £20k (roughly) and more than half of it it is paid by employers (over and above salary). I doubt that the Finns have such a crazy system.
The effect of NI is that it is cheaper to pay overtime to your existing workforce than to hire in a few more people to add capacity. Thats why it has always been seen as a tax on jobs.
I don't think that logic applies in a recession, but it may when we are on the upswing and orderbooks fill up.
"A tax on jobs" - experimental evidence
Does David Cameron know anything about the labour market of northern Finland? It seems not, judging from this: If we put up National Insurance contributions on every job, employers will have to pay more for them. That’s bound to be a tax on jobs…Putting up the cost of employment will lead to few...
I'm sorry but what part of that is a revelation ? Skype, the telcos and even the ringtone boys have known all of that for years. It's just the web that got all hung up not understanding the difference between the two meanings of free. If only Berners-Lee had spoken Dutch!
Subscriptions are the New BLACK. (+ why Facebook, Google, & Apple will own your wallet by 2015)
I'm on a redeye to NYC, supposed to be working on a presentation i'm giving in a few hours... but fuck it, i can't get this outta my head, so here we go. (note: extremely raw, uneven, long, 1st draft publish & shoot; will revise l8r) ASSERTION #1: The default startup business model from 2000-...
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