Mark Spencer at Astricon Berlin
Asterisk
Stefan Wintermeyer interviewed Mark Spencer (the inventor of the famous Asterisk PBX) at an Asterisk convention in Berlin.
How old are you and when did you start to use Linux and becoming a part of the open-source community?
I am currently 29 years old and got involved with Linux in 1994 at the age of 17.
When, why and how did you start the Asterisk project?
I started Asterisk in 1999 for the purpose of being our internal PBX for "Linux Support Services", now called Digium. It wasn't until 2001 that the company changed its name to Digium and refocused around Asterisk.
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