Andres,<br><br>The VoIP solution is proprietary and Windows based:<br><br><a href="http://www.shoretel.com/">http://www.shoretel.com/</a><br><br>The solution involves using vendor hardware (Shoretel T1, PBX switches and IP phones).<br><br>The system managment software, shoreware director, integrates w/ exchange and allows a desktop based software to pull contacts from outlook into the PBX. Compared to other vendors, the solution was moderately priced and it not incredibly complex.<br><br>All non-FOSS discussion aside, I use Snort at the firewall as an IDS for my network. I hope to expand the use of *NIX solutions in my tenure as IT tech.<br><br>Luis<br><br><b><i>Andres Paglayan <andres@paglayan.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> 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="%20http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/?fr=oni_on_mail&#news"> quick peek at the forecast </a><br> with
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