This is important, look at Red-M's reasons for choosing Linux.
They are a spin off from Madge Networks who are a very technical company and who are Microsoft centric, and yet they choose Linux - with very good reasons.
No we do not need TAPI for UNIX. Have you ever used TAPI - it is terrible far too complex for what initially is a very simple task.
TAPI doesn't really isolate you from the complexities of the underlying Switch (either 1st Party or 3rd party) it just makes it more difficult to do anything.
It would be good to develop some CORBA objects that model a call, but you really need to follow some standard (such as CSTA) and model their call scenarios.
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This is important, look at Red-M's reasons for choosing Linux.
They are a spin off from Madge Networks who are a very technical company and who are Microsoft centric, and yet they choose Linux - with very good reasons.
Rubbish - look at the specweb site to see what is actually tested instead of posting inane comments.
No we do not need TAPI for UNIX. Have you ever used TAPI - it is terrible far too complex for what initially is a very simple task.
TAPI doesn't really isolate you from the complexities of the underlying Switch (either 1st Party or 3rd party) it just makes it more difficult to do anything.
It would be good to develop some CORBA objects that model a call, but you really need to follow some standard (such as CSTA) and model their call scenarios.
Steve.