On Sunday 07 June 2009 23:29:30 Lee Howard wrote: > I > only want to clear up any misrepresentations about possible patent > infringements by spandsp to which you alluded.
My understanding wasn't that Steve violated any patents, but that he actively avoided certain techniques to avoid conflicting with various patents. > > That said, hours of use in production do not speak to the amount of > > testing done. > > Scrutiny of production use exposure does not constitute testing? Well, > I would argue that you cannot possibly test real-world conditions > without actually placing the test system into the real-world with > real-world use (thus, production). I cannot think of a better way to > test software than to eventually put it into real-world production use > and then have the developers monitor those systems closely. There's more than a few security holes in the world today because developers (falsely) believed that real-world use constituted testing. No, I'm not saying spandsp has security holes, but I am actively challenging your assertion that real-world use constitutes testing. > > IAXmodem is a completely different ball of wax, and I think you would > > agree that if the builtin FAX support in spandsp provided excellent > > support, there never would have been a reason for IAXmodem to be > > developed. > > I'm interested to know how you understand my intent in developing > IAXmodem differs from what I recall. I developed IAXmodem because I > needed to interface HylaFAX through an Asterisk PBX without purchasing > additional hardware (other than the T1 cards that were already involved). At the time I worked for a reseller, the native apps (RxFax and TxFax) failed about 5% of the time, a problem which using IAXmodem and hylafax cleared up to less than 1% problems. We thus deployed IAXmodem to customers who needed incoming fax support, because it simply performed better. -- Tilghman _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
