[LUAU] VC and Linux
Hawaii Linux Institute
wp at HawaiiLinux.us
Fri Apr 30 13:01:21 PDT 2004
R. Scott Belford wrote:
> Each year the University of Hawaii's School of Business has a Business
> Plan Competition.
>
> http://www.cba.hawaii.edu/bpc/
>
> From a field of 60, one of the five finalists was a VOIP provider
> using linux hardware for the PBX. They did not win, but the Venture
> Capitalists in attendance, and they were each pretty special, were
> impressed. Comtel is already combining OSS with a business solution,
> as is Pau Spam, Tiki Technologies, etc.
>
>
> HONTECH
> Provides unique IP telephony services and solutions
> using a combination of proprietary and open-source
> software
>
>
> --scott
Nowadays, it is almost impossible to start a tech company without
touching upon Linux (now even Sun Microsoft is trying to turn itself
into a major Linux shop). I am more interested in infrastructural
changes which could take advantage of our unique (this word should be
capitalized) social/cultural mixes. Of couse, this is just my own
thought, which is not worth even two cents. wayne
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