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systems, and other custom telephony applications. It's going through the
same kind of transformation that Linux did.. started out as something only
geeks could use and evolved into a stable platform that rivals the big
unixes.
I'm glad to be in the middle of it's evolution like I was with Linux. I
installed BSD first and said ok.. now what. Then installed Linux because
I'd picked up a book on it. Funny to think that I'd have been a BSD guy if
I'd had a BSD book instead in 1993.
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JD Austin
Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC
jd at twingeckos.com
480.288.8195x201
http://www.twingeckos.com
Fran Lebowitz - "You're only has good as your last haircut."
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<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Bryan O'=
;Neal <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:boneal at cornerstonehome.com">b=
oneal at cornerstonehome.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gma=
il_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0=
pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>
<div dir=3D"ltr" align=3D"left"><span><font color=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Arial=
" size=3D"2">Thank you very much for the update on Asterisks! I have=20
always had a soft spot for it and am exited that it is expanding into the m=
arket=20
nicely :)=A0 As for maintaining my servers, with cornerstone I was the=20
director of IT but their was never a desire to higher another sysadmin so I=
=20
spent almost 20% of my time "touching" my servers in some way.=A0=
With my=20
salary that is significantly more then $2K, however I never broke down how =
much=20
was truly "development"=A0that I just categorized as maintenance.=
=A0=20
however, this includes regular system audits and other functions that would=
be=20
performed no mater what the server OS.=A0 When you say you don't spend =
$2K a=20
year I have to ask, do you not maintain your servers or do you have some=20
incredibly inexpensive sysadmin :)=A0 At <a href=3D"http://speekback.com" t=
arget=3D"_blank">speekback.com</a> I spent closer 10 60%=20
of my time doing sysadmin work, but we were in the midst of a fast developm=
ent=20
curve.=A0 As for support they will continue doing critical support with=20
regards to upgrades and patches for free even after the support contract=20
expires, however if you just want some new funky module that does not effec=
t you=20
current base system (say you wanted the ability to upload your own custom r=
ings=20
onto your phone in mp3 format) you have to pay for it.=A0 This really was=
=20
something that came up after our contract expired.=A0 As far as the support=
=20
of Linux vs. Asterisks in house support it is just a matter of additional=
=20
workload.=A0 If you have follow resource it is not a real expense, however =
if=20
you resources are already close to max, you must consider employing a new p=
erson=20
to handle the additional workload...=A0 Or pay your current people more, or=
=20
run the risk of them getting burnt out.=A0 </font></span></div>
<div dir=3D"ltr" align=3D"left"><span><font color=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Arial=
" size=3D"2"></font></span>=A0</div>
<div dir=3D"ltr" align=3D"left"><span><font color=3D"#0000ff" face=3D"Arial=
" size=3D"2">From what you say, I would say Asterisk cost has come way=20
down and I am very happy :)</font></span></div><br>
<div dir=3D"ltr" align=3D"left" lang=3D"en-us">
<hr><font face=3D"Tahoma" size=3D"2"></font></div></div></blockquote><div>A=
sterisk has come a long way since I started using it in late 2003.=A0 Back =
then it was in my opinion a neat toy.=A0 Sure you COULD build great things =
with it back then but it had too many issues at the time to put all your eg=
gs in that basket (the same as Linux was in 1995).=A0 Each issue released w=
as a crapshoot.. some worked and some didn't.=A0 It has attained very s=
erious momentum since then and changes so fast it's sometimes hard to k=
eep up.=A0 I waited 3 years for it to get mature and stable enough to build=
a production system with it.=A0 <br>
<br>Digium, the company driving the asterisk/zaptel/dahdi source, keeps cha=
nging the API's for no good reason which breaks existing installations =
built on it; they're 'upsetting' the developers.=A0 Some time i=
n the next few years I believe FreeSwitch will over take Asterisk and be th=
e telephony back end of choice.=A0 Some great projects like FreePBX (it use=
d to be called Asterisk Management Portal) have given Asterisk the stabilit=
y it needed and made building re-producable systems possible.=A0 At the cor=
e of the most popular Asterisk bundles is Linux+Asterisk+FreePBX.<br>
<br>I was attracted to Asterisk because it had almost everything I knew wra=
pped into one thing and it just has the neato factor :)<br>From it you can =
build office PBX systems, call centers, calling card systems, and other cus=
tom telephony applications.=A0 It's going through the same kind of tran=
sformation that Linux did.. started out as something only geeks could use a=
nd evolved into a stable platform that rivals the big unixes.=A0 <br>
<br>I'm glad to be in the middle of it's evolution like I was with =
Linux.=A0 I installed BSD first and said ok.. now what.=A0=A0 Then installe=
d Linux because I'd picked up a book on it.=A0 Funny to think that I=
9;d have been a BSD guy if I'd had a BSD book instead in 1993.=A0 <br>
<br>--<br>JD Austin<br>Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC<br><a href=3D"ma=
ilto:jd at twingeckos.com">jd at twingeckos.com</a><br>480.288.8195x201<br><a hre=
f=3D"http://www.twingeckos.com">http://www.twingeckos.com</a><br><br><br>Fr=
an Lebowitz =A0- "You're only has good as your last haircut."
<br>=A0</div></div><br>
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