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Vote for Open-Source Representative on ISC

Posted by Roblimo on from the none-of-the-above-isn't-on-the-ballot dept.

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).

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  1. Netscape Crash? by larien · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one to have Netscape crash every time I visit the site? (Solaris 7 + Sun's version of Netscape, FWIW). lynx seems to work fairly OK, but it's a pain viewing a frames page with lynx...
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    1. Re:Netscape Crash? by SirSlud · · Score: 1

      If you're having problems (I'm using Netscape for Solaris, but I don't have any problems), and want to use Lynx, go into your user preferances and check "Lite slashdot". At least I think thats what it's called. It makes things simpler for Lynx and other lite browsers.

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    2. Re:Netscape Crash? by larien · · Score: 1

      Slashdot isn't the problem; it's the braindead Vovida site. Disabling Java seems to fix the problem, though.
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    3. Re:Netscape Crash? by SirSlud · · Score: 1

      > the site

      Oh, you mean Vovida, not Slashdot. :P Sorry, my stupidity is at an all time high.

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  2. which? by grrrreg · · Score: 1

    looks like the choices boil down to age and experience -v- youth and vigor.......shall we send the student?

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  3. The only known person is Craig by arivanov · · Score: 1

    The other applicatnts either look pathetic or are not as well known.

    It is a pity because VoIP is a field where linux can and should rule. Why? the reason is obvious - because it is the only platform allowing development of the full spectrum of devices starting with consumer electronics (think StrongArm) and finishing with big switching gateway systems (think SGI or special architectures;-).

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  4. ISC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    The ISC is the International Softswitch Consortium. Check them out at www.isc.org.

  5. Random Voting by manitee · · Score: 1


    Ah, just vote for the guy who wrote the 3com driver. Thats pretty cool in and of itself.

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  6. Wrong URL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    ISC is at www.softswitch.org

  7. kernel contributors by DdJ · · Score: 1

    Don't take this statement to imply anything other than what I say:

    I just checked every file in the Linux 2.3.12 kernel source tree (including "CREDITS", which I believe *also* covers folks who's work is no longer used). Regardless of any other claims, none of their names appear. (I did a "grep -iw" of their last names and inspected the results. They were all either variable names (eg. "wRight") or other folks with the same last name.)

  8. Re:WTF does 'props' mean anyway? (offtopic) by SirSlud · · Score: 1

    "props" is slang "respect" in a sense.

    I give him/her props. = Respect to him/her!
    Props to Dave. = Respect to Dave!
    He/she's got props. = He/she gets my respect!

    I don't think there is a word to word mapping for it, but you can give it out or have it. In any case, its a good thing to have, and it's a nice thing to say to someone else. Often associated with hiphop, but I think it's a great term. :) I embrace all new slang - English is such a screwed up language anyhow, I don't feel bad abusing it. ;)

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  9. ham radio comment by DdJ · · Score: 1

    In the absence of any other information about the candidates, I take note of the fact that one of them is an amateur radio operator.

    Such folks in general have a very long history of sharing information, charitable works (eg. providing communication infrastucture during emergencies), international cooperation, dealing with beaurocratic requirements (ever take a ham exam?), and contribution to free software projects. (For an example of this last one, Phil Karn's once-popular "KA9Q" software was so named because that's his ham radio call sign.)

    Can anyone else make any other comments about the candidates? I don't know any of them as individuals.

    1. Re:ham radio comment by cabalamat · · Score: 1

      ``Phil Karn's once-popular "KA9Q" software ''

      Once popular? I still use it.

  10. ISC == Internet Software Consortium? by ruud · · Score: 1

    So what is this SoftSwitch organization?

    I always thought ISC was Internet Software Consortium (makers of bind, dhcp tools, etc.).
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  11. Re:WTF does 'props' mean anyway? (offtopic) by Overt+Coward · · Score: 1
    "props" is short for "propers" which is short for "proper respect"

  12. If you're not decided or don't know... by djweis · · Score: 1

    I would say vote for David Sugar. He's done a lot with Linux Telephony and actually has code in that field available (http://www.tycho.com)
    djweis

  13. Re:The only known person is Craig - Not So. by voxman · · Score: 1

    Nothing against Craig, but David Sugar has also been contributing to Linux for some time now. He has written BBS's, Getty's, protocol stacks for switch communications, and his latest project, ACS, is a very promising communications server. Check out his stuff at http://www.tycho.com