<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">which system? was it fonality?<DIV>or any other asterisk based,<DIV>if so, you can make it work with other apps too,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I do work for a non-profit too,</DIV><DIV>and I use/suffer techsoup too,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>but I still run Linux servers wherever I can,</DIV><DIV>(much easier to admin, etc)</DIV><DIV>and I try to use as many FOSS apps as I can,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>i.e. even if all PCs have MS office,</DIV><DIV>I still install OpenOffice, (and I sent my docs to everybody in ods)</DIV><DIV>from ghostcrip to the gimp,</DIV><DIV>plus firefox, and a myriad of other free software,</DIV><DIV>even if they are not being used, they're there, </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 15, 2007, at 8:33 AM, luis pena wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Recently, the IT department has implemented a new VoIP system that has a symbiotic relationship with Exchange (viral indeed!).<BR><BR>On a related note, one of the main issues preventing a exodus towards an open source infrastructure w/ many non-profits is the MS practice of charity licensing. Sites such as <A rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.techsoup.org/stock/default.asp?visit=1">TechSoup</A> sell MS products at nominal fees for non-profit orgs. IMHO this is a blatant practice of circumventing the spread of FOSS solutions in sectors where $$$ is tight. Is anyone out there familiar w/ the practice of MS charity licensing? <BR><BR>But this story is not over, nor am I defeated. The knowledge I have gained over the course of the last two weeks has been invaluable. Many thanks to everyone who submitted comments and responses. Hasta la victoria siempre!<DIV> <BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><HR size="1"> Don't get soaked. Take a<A href=" http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/?fr=oni_on_mail&#news"> quick peek at the forecast </A><BR> with the<A href=" http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/?fr=oni_on_mail&#news">Yahoo! Search weather shortcut.</A><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">nmglug mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:nmglug@nmglug.org">nmglug@nmglug.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.nmglug.org/mailman/listinfo/nmglug">http://www.nmglug.org/mailman/listinfo/nmglug</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>