TrixBox 2.0 – One Step Closer to the Average User
Posted: October 26th, 2006 | Author: Garrett Smith | Filed under: VoIP Commentary | 1 Comment »Tom Keating has an excellent overview of the the newest release of the ever increasingly popular TrixBox open source pbx project. TrixBox 2.0, as Tom points out features,
“a new ‘overall’ web GUI to make the whole process “point and click”. From this new web GUI you can simply select the modules you want (HUDLite, FreePBX, PHP, lame, etc.) and the web interface will automatically install them. Some of the packages are directly related to Asterisk such as HUDlite or FreePBX, while other options are ancillary, such as SugarCRM. “
With this move it looks as if Fonality is positioning themselves to go “toe-to-toe” with the kings of open source telephony, Digium. Both companies have VC funding, both companies have large loyal developer communities, their own appliance, and plug-in-play hardware (Digium and Sangoma). The company that will win this match-up, if it occurs, will be the one who can produce a product for the masses that passes the “mother” test. From the looks of this newest TrixBox release Fonality and company are one step closer to the average user, something that delights small businesses – who are just waiting for the a real free pbx – around the globe.
[...] The race to an enterprise appliance between trixbox and Digium, has been well documented here at Smith On VoIP. First it was the Asterisk Developers Kit, and now trixbox has it’s own enterprise grade open source communications appliance. With Digium rumored to all be releasing a new appliance targeted at the do-it-yourself enterprise this week and already building a worldwide reseller channel, the timing of the trixbox appliance could not be any better. [...]