It may have stopped another buyer from scooping Metaswitch at that time. Sometimes that's the only reason to buy a company when you're a behemoth like MS.
-dr On Wed, Dec 11, 2024, at 10:51 AM, Alex Balashov via VoiceOps wrote: >> On Dec 11, 2024, at 12:46 pm, Enzo Damato via VoiceOps >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think Microsoft's big goal with this was to acquire a working, reliable >> SIP and IMS stack. I would put money on the metaswtich technology being a >> big part of what's running teams and their other VoIP platforms in the >> backed. Now that they've presumably merged that tech into their stack, they >> have no interest in continuing to service the ILEC/CLEC market. > > You might be right. But if they had just licensed this from a major > softswitch vendor like Metaswitch, or got the professional services / > consulting arm of Metaswitch (or whoever) to do the integration for > them, they might have spent a lot less than $270MM and without any of > the drama. > > -- Alex > > -- > Alex Balashov > Principal Consultant > Evariste Systems LLC > Web: https://evaristesys.com > Tel: +1-706-510-6800 > > _______________________________________________ > VoiceOps mailing list > [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops _______________________________________________ VoiceOps mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops
