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.
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 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. Do you really want to reboot your telephone system 3 times a day?
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 competant Windows device driver programmer who would be willing to expend the necessary effort to port the driver, for free. I'm sure that technically, it's possible, although certain assumptions that were made when developing zaptel may not be true when it comes to Windows. It is likely to be a very strenuous job to port the framework and all of the drivers. -- Tilghman
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. Everything else (Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD (?), whatever) is maintained elsewhere. Zaptel provides basically 3 functions for Asterisk: * interface to telephony devices * A timing source for some operations * Mixing for Meetme. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:guest at local.xorcom.com/tzafrir
mgraves at mstvp.com
2007-Dec-14 17:30 UTC
[asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos?
I'm a platform agnostic. I need to use a bit of everything in my daily work. I will say that my current XP desktop has been very reliable. It's not uncommon for it to stay up for a couple of weeks at at time without a reboot. My linux and FreeBSD systems routinely go months untouched. That said, consider the potential market size for people, the DIY sorts, who would have Asterisk in their homes. Very small. Hence there's little reason for someone to build hardware targeting that market and its economic sensibilities. Moving slightly up market into SMB space the cost of the Digium or Sangoma hardware is not a problem. And, after all, you get what you pay for in most cases. Michael Graves mgraves <at> mstvp.com o(713) 861-4005 c(713) 201-1262 sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com skype mjgraves FWD 54245> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] [Zaptel] Why no port to Windos? > From: Lee Jenkins <lee at datatrakpos.com> > Date: Fri, December 14, 2007 9:51 am > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com> > > > 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 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. > > Nice. > > > Do you really want to reboot your telephone system > > 3 times a day? > > > > I'm not a Windows basher as I make a good living from Windows based software, > but I couldn't see it either. > > My asterisk box was rebooted about 3 months ago when I made some changes last. > It's running Asterisk, FirebirdSQL, 1 FastAGI server and a lot of natively > compiled AGI executables handling tech support, sales, caller id database > lookups, nag calling, etc, etc. > > > I have to reboot my desktop xp box daily for it to run well. > > > -- > Warm Regards, > > Lee > > "If I don't see you around here, I'll see you around, hear?" > > _______________________________________________ > --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
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
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Vincent wrote:> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:47:38 +1100, Paul Hales > <pdhales at optusnet.com.au> 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 seems strange to make this comment (i.e. higher uptime) in a conversation about porting zaptel to windows. - -- Kind Regards, Matt Riddell Director _______________________________________________ http://www.venturevoip.com (Great new VoIP end to end solution) http://www.venturevoip.com/news.php (Daily Asterisk News - html) http://www.venturevoip.com/newrssfeed.php (Daily Asterisk News - rss) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHbwrtDQNt8rg0Kp4RArqTAJ9Juhkm0UHoFpTkkTl62jj48YPA8gCdEhva +f1tqtO29Ltv7o8zu+raO5U=7+B9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----