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Stories and comments across the archive that link to linuxtelephony.org.

Stories · 3

  1. Is Linux Used in Production Telephony?

    Linux · Linux · · posted by Cliff · from the interactive-voice-reponse dept. · 354 comments
    jamesva asks: "The telecommunications industry is rapidly converging on Windows NT/2000 for all telephony and voice-related needs. Most ACD systems, virtual operators, and voicemail are being ported to Windows if they're not already running on it. In the past, telephony apps have existed most notably on OS/2, SCO, and even DOS. However, free Unix (or unix-like) platforms have absolutely no penetration in this area, with seemingly no chance on the horizon. The Bayonne app server from the GNU folks seems to be the one exception, but even then there doesn't seem to much built around it or anyone using it. It reached a 1.0 release in September and was met with no fanfare. Even the LinuxTelephony doesn't seem to have much news. Can someone prove me wrong? Why is this the case? I'm interested in finding out if anyone is using Linux (or any free OS) in a production environment for something like voicemail or ACD. These types of systems require high availability and reliability and Linux just seems like a natural fit."

  2. Vote for Open-Source Representative on ISC

    News · News · · posted by Roblimo · from the none-of-the-above-isn't-on-the-ballot dept. · 28 comments
    LinuxTelephony writes "Voting for the Vovida Networks sponsored seat on the International Softswitch Consortium (ISC) started at 8:00 AM on August 10th and will run until midnight August 12th. Vovida Networks will be paying the membership fees as well as travel, food, and lodging expenses for this elected position." I don't know any of these people, and I have no idea how they got nominated. But I'm sure many other Slashdot readers have informed opinions about ISC goings-on and will happily vote for the best candidate(s).

  3. New Linux Telephony Website

    Linux · Linux · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the stuff-to-read dept. · 0 comments
    Greg Herlein writes "Linux Telephony is a new website that hopes to be a focus for linux-related t elephony development. There's not much there yet, but with exposure hopefully it can become a prime spot to collate all the diverse telephony projects that work with linux. " Definitely a field where Linux tends to fall behind its competition.