[VoiceOps] Alianza Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Metaswitch from Microsoft

[Enzo Damato]

I agree that it would have probably been much simpler for them, but 
that's not how big tech really operates. FANG an MS by extension are 
really into the cult of the acquisition, and almost never license 
anything (I honestly cannot think of a single major product that any of 
the big cloud corps license rather than building themselves.) Just look 
at all of the companies that google has bought, merged, then killed. It 
may not make sense for any of us, but it's totally in character for a 
big tech.


- Enzo Damato

On 12/11/24 11:51 AM, Alex Balashov via VoiceOps wrote:
>> On Dec 11, 2024, at 12:46 pm, Enzo Damato via VoiceOps <voiceops at voiceops.org> wrote:
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>> 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.
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> -- Alex
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