Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-26 Thread Philip Prindeville
Lee Jenkins wrote: > Vincent wrote: > >> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:51:10 -0500, Lee Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> I have to reboot my desktop xp box daily for it to run well. >>> >> I haven't rebooted my XPSP2 in months, and I let it run 24/7, with a >> bunch of apps open

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-25 Thread Lee Jenkins
Vincent wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:51:10 -0500, Lee Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I have to reboot my desktop xp box daily for it to run well. > > I haven't rebooted my XPSP2 in months, and I let it run 24/7, with a > bunch of apps open at all times. And this is a 300E no-name box.

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-24 Thread Vincent
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:27:10 +1300, Matt Riddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It seems strange to make this comment (i.e. higher uptime) in a >conversation about porting zaptel to windows. I don't think it is. I wouldn't use Windows for big iron, but provided the hardware + drivers are reliable, an

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-23 Thread Matt Riddell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Vincent wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:47:38 +1100, Paul Hales > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Umm - you could just buy a SPA-3000/3102/3666/etc. > > Thanks but I prefer PCI cards. Less cables, less power units that can > burn, less mess :-) It seem

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-17 Thread Michael Graves
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:18:08 +0100, randulo wrote: >On Dec 15, 2007 6:06 PM, Michael Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The other aspect of this question is that more and more, like >computing in the cloud and storage in the cloud, VOIP in the cloud is >taking over. How many people now have unlimi

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-17 Thread randulo
On Dec 15, 2007 6:06 PM, Michael Graves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When an Asterisk appliance and associated phones can compete with a > Panasonic KXTG-4000 (or similar) on terms including price, ease of use > & reliabilitythat's when Asterisk for every grandma, aunt, uncle & > counsins (who

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-16 Thread Paul Hales
On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 11:33 +0100, Gergo Csibra wrote: > Friday, December 14, 2007, 5:47:38 AM, Paul wrote: > > > > Umm - you could just buy a SPA-3000/3102/3666/etc. > > What is SPA-3666? > The special red model. PaulH ___ --Bandwidth and Colocat

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-16 Thread Paul Hales
> You nailed it Randy! > > When an Asterisk appliance and associated phones can compete with a > Panasonic KXTG-4000 (or similar) on terms including price, ease of use > & reliabilitythat's when Asterisk for every grandma, aunt, uncle & > counsins (who never finished high school) will be viabl

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-15 Thread Time Bandit
> Which has existed, in one form or another, for years. I was using a > voice enabled faxmodem a decade ago to answer my phone. The software > that came with it (don't remember the name, but WinFax also does/did > this) even allowed for a simple IVR, for mailbox selection and whatnot. > The only th

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-15 Thread Steve Thomas
> For this market, > people don't want anything complicated. I would imagine the software > equivalent of a run-of-the-mill answering machine. Which has existed, in one form or another, for years. I was using a voice enabled faxmodem a decade ago to answer my phone. The software that came with i

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-15 Thread Michael Graves
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:30:09 +0100, randulo wrote: >It's funny, but though I think nothing of having a linux box as a pbx, >on 24/7 for years, I can't imagine using windows this way. I think >there's little or no market for this whereas if there were a fanless, >diskless embedded solution for just

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-15 Thread Philipp Kempgen
Dovid B wrote: >>> Windows is a half-baked, dying OS that in essence is >>> a 32 bit extension and graphical shell, for a 16 bit >>> patch to an 8 bit operating system, originally coded >>> for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit >>> company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition. > > Line

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-15 Thread Dovid B
>> Windows is a half-baked, dying OS that in essence is >> a 32 bit extension and graphical shell, for a 16 bit >> patch to an 8 bit operating system, originally coded >> for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit >> company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition. Line of the year _

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread randulo
It's funny, but though I think nothing of having a linux box as a pbx, on 24/7 for years, I can't imagine using windows this way. I think there's little or no market for this whereas if there were a fanless, diskless embedded solution for just under $200 that came configured with the account (IAX

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Vincent
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:34:04 -0600, "Michael Graves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Yes, the market is potentially huge...for a packaged solution. If all it takes in plugging the PCi card in their PC, and running setup.exe, it's no worse than installing a printer. I would imagine that the standard in

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 06:01:49AM +0100, Vincent wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:50:28 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Erm, there just might be, take a look at this...: > > Ah yeah, forgot about $angoma ;-) I'll restate this as: No card for > home/SOHO use, ie. in the $50-100 range for the sin

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Michael Graves
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:43:05 +0100, Vincent wrote: >On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:30:46 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>That said, consider the potential market size for people, the DIY sorts, >>who would have Asterisk in their homes. > >Precisely: The home/SOHO market is huge, and providing an IVR + P

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Hans Witvliet
On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 22:21 -0600, Tilghman Lesher wrote: > On Thursday 13 December 2007 19:55:39 Vincent wrote: > > I was wondering why there doesn't seem to a Windows version of Zaptel, > > making the Digium and its clones unavailable for a Windows PBX. > > Because nobody has done it yet. The r

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Hans Witvliet
On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 20:38 +0100, Vincent wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:51:10 -0500, Lee Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >I have to reboot my desktop xp box daily for it to run well. > > I haven't rebooted my XPSP2 in months, I also have no problem with the stability of Windows XP

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Ron Joffe
On Friday 14 December 2007 14:43, Vincent wrote: > OTOH, having to run a separate PC just to handle calls from a single > POST line AND having to install Linux + Asterisk on this thing... It'd > have to be an appliance (which I haven't seen avaiable in this price > range). Didn't you just define a

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Vincent
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:30:46 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >That said, consider the potential market size for people, the DIY sorts, >who would have Asterisk in their homes. Precisely: The home/SOHO market is huge, and providing an IVR + PCI card combo for Windows for, say, $200, would probably

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Philipp Kempgen
Vincent wrote: > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:51:10 -0500, Lee Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I have to reboot my desktop xp box daily for it to run well. > > I haven't rebooted my XPSP2 in months, and I let it run 24/7, with a > bunch of apps open at all times. And this is a 300E no-name box.

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Vincent
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:47:38 +1100, Paul Hales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Umm - you could just buy a SPA-3000/3102/3666/etc. Thanks but I prefer PCI cards. Less cables, less power units that can burn, less mess :-) ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provi

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Vincent
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:51:10 -0500, Lee Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have to reboot my desktop xp box daily for it to run well. I haven't rebooted my XPSP2 in months, and I let it run 24/7, with a bunch of apps open at all times. And this is a 300E no-name box. If your PC is so unstable,

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread mgraves
f the Digium or Sangoma hardware is not a problem. And, after all, you get what you pay for in most cases. Michael Graves mgraves mstvp.com o(713) 861-4005 c(713) 201-1262 sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] skype mjgraves FWD 54245 > Original Message ---- > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel]

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Lee Jenkins
Doug wrote: > At 19:55 12/13/2007, Vincent wrote: > >Hello > > > >I was wondering why there doesn't seem to a Windows version of Zaptel, > >making the Digium and its clones unavailable for a Windows PBX. > > > >Is the Zaptel/Zapata combo too *nix-centric? > > > >Thanks. > > Windows is a ha

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Michael Graves
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:01:49 +0100, Vincent wrote: >On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:50:28 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Erm, there just might be, take a look at this...: > >Ah yeah, forgot about $angoma ;-) I'll restate this as: No card for >home/SOHO use, ie. in the $50-100 range for the single FXO po

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Gergo Csibra
Friday, December 14, 2007, 5:47:38 AM, Paul wrote: > Umm - you could just buy a SPA-3000/3102/3666/etc. What is SPA-3666? -- Best regards, Gergomailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-14 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 02:55:39AM +0100, Vincent wrote: > Hello > > I was wondering why there doesn't seem to a Windows version of Zaptel, > making the Digium and its clones unavailable for a Windows PBX. > > Is the Zaptel/Zapata combo too *nix-centric? No. The current zaptel is Linux-centric.

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread Vincent
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:50:28 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Erm, there just might be, take a look at this...: Ah yeah, forgot about $angoma ;-) I'll restate this as: No card for home/SOHO use, ie. in the $50-100 range for the single FXO port model. _

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread Paul Hales
Umm - you could just buy a SPA-3000/3102/3666/etc. PaulH On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 05:36 +0100, Vincent wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:21:50 -0600, Tilghman Lesher > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It is likely to be a very strenuous job to port the framework and all of the > >drivers. > > Too bad,

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread thg
Vincent wrote: > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:21:50 -0600, Tilghman Lesher > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It is likely to be a very strenuous job to port the framework and all of the >> drivers. >> > > Too bad, because there doesn't seem to be any PCI card for FXO/FXS > available for Windows.

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread Philip Prindeville
Tilghman Lesher wrote: > On Thursday 13 December 2007 19:55:39 Vincent wrote: > >> I was wondering why there doesn't seem to a Windows version of Zaptel, >> making the Digium and its clones unavailable for a Windows PBX. >> > > Because nobody has done it yet. The real answer is probably mo

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread Vincent
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:21:50 -0600, Tilghman Lesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It is likely to be a very strenuous job to port the framework and all of the >drivers. Too bad, because there doesn't seem to be any PCI card for FXO/FXS available for Windows. ___

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread Tilghman Lesher
On Thursday 13 December 2007 19:55:39 Vincent wrote: > I was wondering why there doesn't seem to a Windows version of Zaptel, > making the Digium and its clones unavailable for a Windows PBX. Because nobody has done it yet. The real answer is probably more along the lines of that there's no compe

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread Philip Prindeville
Doug wrote: > At 19:55 12/13/2007, Vincent wrote: > >Hello > > > >I was wondering why there doesn't seem to a Windows version of Zaptel, > >making the Digium and its clones unavailable for a Windows PBX. > > > >Is the Zaptel/Zapata combo too *nix-centric? > > > >Thanks. > > Windows is a hal

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread thg
Doug wrote: > At 19:55 12/13/2007, Vincent wrote: > >Hello > > > >I was wondering why there doesn't seem to a Windows version of Zaptel, > >making the Digium and its clones unavailable for a Windows PBX. > > > >Is the Zaptel/Zapata combo too *nix-centric? > > > >Thanks. > > Windows is a hal

Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread Doug
At 19:55 12/13/2007, Vincent wrote: >Hello > >I was wondering why there doesn't seem to a Windows version of Zaptel, >making the Digium and its clones unavailable for a Windows PBX. > >Is the Zaptel/Zapata combo too *nix-centric? > >Thanks. Windows is a half-baked, dying OS that in essence

[asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?

2007-12-13 Thread Vincent
Hello I was wondering why there doesn't seem to a Windows version of Zaptel, making the Digium and its clones unavailable for a Windows PBX. Is the Zaptel/Zapata combo too *nix-centric? Thanks. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.ap