The Nortel-Pingtel Deal: The Bigger, Hidden Open Source Story

Posted by thevarguy on Aug 14, 2008 6:32 AM
By The VAR Guy
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Yes, Nortel Networks acquired Pingtel -- an open source VoIP firm. But the bigger story: Nortel may finally realize it needs to leverage open source communities to combat Cisco Systems. At least that's the spin from The VAR Guy.

Yes, Nortel Networks acquired Pingtel -- an open source VoIP firm. But the bigger story: Nortel may finally realize it needs to leverage open source communities to combat Cisco Systems. At least that's the spin from The VAR Guy.

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