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GNU Bayonne 1.0 Released; GNU Telephony Server gives software
freedom to businesses, large enterprises and commercial
telephone carriers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bayonne, NJ, USA
Tuesday, September 3, 2002
Free Software Foundation
David Sugar
sugar@gnu.org
+1-617-542-5942
http://www.fsf.org/
After two years of active development, the GNU project has
released GNU Bayonne, Version 1.0. GNU Bayonne, licensed freely
under the GNU General Public License (GPL), allows small businesses,
large enterprises, and commercial telephone carriers to create,
deploy, and manage their own web-integrated telephony voice response
solutions. By making use of existing computer telephony commercially
available for GNU/Linux, Bayonne can support all capacities -- from a
single analog phone circuit to multiple PRI spans.
As part of GNU Enterprise (GNUe), Bayonne 1.0 joins the ranks of a
host of enterprise-level software for the popular GNU/Linux operating
system. "In this 1.0 release, we have established a Free Software
platform for the delivery of quality telephony services everywhere",
said David Sugar, GNU Bayonne project leader. "We are committed to
establishing Free Software as the primary means to advance
telecommunications services as part of enterprise software
infrastructure that respects software freedom, and supports both
current and next generation telephone networks".
GNU Bayonne is a free software project and has been developed by
volunteers around the world. These volunteers cooperate with other
Free Software development groups, including those working on Carrier
Grade extensions for the kernel named Linux. Meanwhile, a number of
organizations and individuals have contributed resources and time to
create GNU Bayonne 1.0. The Free Software Foundation and the GNU
project have provided technical, infrastructure, and organizational
support for GNU Bayonne development. The Open Source Telecom
Corporation has provided commercial sponsorship of GNU Bayonne
development.
GNU Bayonne can be obtained in source code form directly from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bayonne/. It include in many popular
GNU/Linux and FreeBSD distributions, including the Official Debian
GNU/Linux system.
The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute
computer programs. FSF promotes the development and use of free (as
in freedom) software--particularly the GNU operating system and its
GNU/Linux variants--and free documentation for free software. FSF
also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of
freedom in the use of software. Their web site, located at
http://www.gnu.org, is an important source of information about
GNU/Linux. They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA.
GNUe aims to provide a suite of tools and applications for solving the
specific needs of the enterprise. GNUe will handle the needs of any size
business, including applications for human resources, accounting, customer
relationship management, project management, supply chain and e-commerce.
GNUe is a free software project developed by volunteer software developers
worldwide. The website of GNU Enterprise is
http://www.gnu.org/projects/gnue/.
OST is a privately held provider of telecommunications hardware,
software, and services. OST strives to develop of truly open
telecommunications systems and technologies. OST's goal is to
generate value, opportunity, and peace of mind for its customers and
investors.