> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Christopher L. Wade > Sent: October 20, 2004 5:46 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] IP Phone that OFFICIALLY > support Asterisk > > > Jim Van Meggelen wrote: > > > > Can you imagine!?! That would be the most brillant thing they could > > do! They should also open up their platform so people can > port Linux, > > BSD and what-all-else to it. Oh, and drop the price a bit > while their > > at it! > > > > The whole Linksys/Linux/Cisco thing really fascinates me. > The things > > people are doing with the Linksys routers must have a lot of Cisco > > people wondering what the future is going to look like. > > > > And as for Call Manager? I predict that they will be officially > > Asterisk-compliant in . . . hmmm . . . I'll say roughly > five years or > > so. Possibly far sooner if they yank their heads out of their asses > > and grab a clue. Asterisk is destined to do for telecom > what Linux did > > for the OS. In five years, many big names will be waving > the Asterisk > > flag in the exact same way they are with Linux. Mark my words. > > > > > > > > I keep wondering what would hapen if Microsoft were to OS the whole > > Windows platform. That'd change everything, eh? > > > > [falls asleep and starts dreaming...] > > Could you image Digium (or anyone else up to the challenge) > making an OS > phone! I know this is counter to the whole idea of not being > locked to > a particular vendor for your phones (part of the point of *), but I > would still love the idea of a phone with *very* high quality at the > hardware level, that exposes _as much as possible_ to the > "end user". I > know this is basically asking someone to create a computer with a > headset/speaker/microphone and make it look like a phone, > but... oh how > sweet it would be.
Take one of these: www.nano-itx.com Connect one of these to it: http://www.lilliput.cn/619.htm (that's a touch screen, BTW) Fire in a USB handset, install Asterisk and the Flash Operator panel, and you've got an awesome console - there's your OS phone! (too expensive, for sure, but give it a few short years). Point being you CAN have that right now. > [entering even deeper sleep state...] > > Your boss walks up to you and says he needs the phones to do > this fancy > new thing he just heard about somebody else's system being > able to do. > Worse yet, he wants a 'soft-key' for it! No problem, edit the source > code to the firmware for the phone, add the required code to make the > phone do it. What's this, * doesn't support the required > stuff at the > other end, just write an app, put it somewhere, and bam, the > whole thing > works. Much of that can be done with Asterisk. > [starting to come to reality, not quite there yet...] > > At this point, unless your boss simply wants nicer hardware > (color touch > screen lcd for example), or you finally hit the limitation of the > hardware of the phone, you will _never_ need to buy another phone. I'm with you. > [wakes up from dream] > > Huh? LOL! Loved all of it! You're not that far off. Minature PCs are becoming reality, as well as inexpensive LCD screens. Put them together with a headset and you've got what you need! > > -- > Christopher L. Wade Unistar-Sparco Computers, Inc. > Senior Systems Administrator dba Sparco.com > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7089 Ryburn Drive > Phone: (901) 872 2272 / (800) 840 8400 Millington, TN 38053 > Fax: (901) 872 8482 USA > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/> asterisk-users > To > UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 08/10/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 08/10/2004 _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
