Open source code bases, like the Mozilla engine, have been the drivers of innovation in the software development world. In the new realm of voice over IP, OpenZoep could be the new Mozilla.
Voipster BV is creating OpenZoep, an open source code base for VoIP. OpenZoep currently runs on Windows, and ports are in development to the Mac OS and Linux. It can be freely used by developers in their own open source applications. It is licensed under the GPL, and developers can buy a commercial license to include the code in a proprietary product.
Why is Voipster creating something new in a space with an already successful leader? OpenZoep fills a niche that is not met by other products: It is an open VoIP solution that supports standards and offers great extensibility with its open license and API.
At the Emerging Telephony Conference, Voipster planned to unveil an open source VoIP initiative comprising a client-side VoIP engine, an XMPP-based API, a GUI, and a service integration SDK. Additionally, Erik planned to present a browser-embedded VoIP and IM application.
Erik van Eykelen is a senior technology advisor for Voipster BV, a VoIP technology and service provider based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Before joining Voipster, Erik co-founded several companies, the last of which was BackStream, a content management and content distribution company which was sold in parts to CTP/Novell and Ordina, a stock-listed Dutch IT firm. Before becoming BackStream's CTO, Erik was a technical director at an Amsterdam-based internet software and design agency that he co-founded in 1995. Prior to this firm, Erik was the technical lead and director of a company that created a precursor of Powerpoint. This software, called MediaPoint, was sold in 21 countries.
During his study Electrotechnical Engineering, Erik wrote a Skateboard game distributed by Electronic Arts in the US. Erik lives and works in The Netherlands and is currently a self-employed advisor to technology startups.
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