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With its ability to lower the cost of voice applications and spur additional deployments, open source VoIP could be the solution smaller businesses have been looking for.

PBX software has never been easy to design. Since its inception, vendors have relied on a hodgepodge of proprietary interfaces in order to add value and differentiate their wares. Because development has been so difficult, these products have typically cost a lot of money, in many cases more than small and midsize businesses could afford.

Open source solutions try to alter underlying software development dynamics. The proponents feel that the source code for any program should be made available to the public for alteration and improvement.