Hello, Since Asterisk has been ported to exotic platforms like SOHO routers (Linksys, Buffalo, etc.) and non-MMU CPUs (Blackfin, etc.), I was wondering why the Windows port never really took off. As far as I can tell, www.asteriskwin32.com is a one-man effort (Patrick Deruel's) that is not going anywhere (latest version based on 1.2.26.2). Are there just not enough interest and too many, deep, Linux-specific assumptions in the code, that would explain why Asterisk was never officially ported to Windows? Thank you.
Soeren Malchow (MCon)
2011-Jul-26 07:28 UTC
[asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
Hi Gilles,
For me the main question would be first, why would you want to port asterisk to
Windows where you would need to pay license fees ?
And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ?
Cheers
Soeren
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Hello,
Since Asterisk has been ported to exotic platforms like SOHO routers (Linksys,
Buffalo, etc.) and non-MMU CPUs (Blackfin, etc.), I was wondering why the
Windows port never really took off.
As far as I can tell, www.asteriskwin32.com is a one-man effort (Patrick
Deruel's) that is not going anywhere (latest version based on 1.2.26.2).
Are there just not enough interest and too many, deep, Linux-specific
assumptions in the code, that would explain why Asterisk was never officially
ported to Windows?
Thank you.
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On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +0000, "Soeren Malchow (MCon)" <soeren.malchow at mcon.net> wrote:>And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ?Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-)
On Tuesday 26 Jul 2011, Gilles wrote:> Hello, > > Since Asterisk has been ported to exotic platforms like SOHO routers > (Linksys, Buffalo, etc.) and non-MMU CPUs (Blackfin, etc.), I was > wondering why the Windows port never really took off.A better question would be: Why would anyone even *want* to port Asterisk to Windows? You have to pay for Windows *and* you don't even get the Source Code. And you can't run Windows without the CPU-hogging GUI. Worst of all possible worlds, surely? If you want to run Asterisk on a Windows PC, it is far easier just to boot up an AsteriskNOW CD. -- AJS Answers come *after* questions.
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 09:45:35AM +0200, Gilles wrote:> On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +0000, "Soeren Malchow (MCon)" > <soeren.malchow at mcon.net> wrote: > >And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? > > Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows > workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-)Patches are welcomed. -- 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
Antonio Modesto
2011-Jul-27 20:44 UTC
[asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 09:45 +0200, Gilles wrote:> On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +0000, "Soeren Malchow (MCon)" > <soeren.malchow at mcon.net> wrote: > >And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ? > > Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows > workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-)Windows never was a good solution for these things, and i think it will never be.> > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110727/78603a8e/attachment.htm>
I have tried asterisk on windows XP using Cygwin and it worked fine. From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Antonio Modesto Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 1:45 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version? On Tue, 2011-07-26 at 09:45 +0200, Gilles wrote: On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:28:27 +0000, "Soeren Malchow (MCon)" <soeren.malchow at mcon.net> wrote:>And asterisk just runs fine on linux why bother ?Because I, for one, would like to run Asterisk on my Windows workstation at home as an enhanced answering machine :-) Windows never was a good solution for these things, and i think it will never be. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20110728/47fd5577/attachment.htm>
On 11-07-26 03:21 AM, Gilles wrote:> Are there just not enough interest and too many, deep, Linux-specific > assumptions in the code, that would explain why Asterisk was never > officially ported to Windows? >Cost? For me to run Asterisk under Windows requires me to purchase a Microsoft license for the OS, with Linux it is not required. -- Paul Belanger Digium, Inc. | Software Developer twitter: pabelanger | IRC: pabelanger (Freenode) Check us out at: http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:04:38 +0500, "Faisal Hanif" <faisal at vopium.com> wrote:>I have tried asterisk on windows XP using Cygwin and it worked fine.Would you mind explaining how to do this? Thank you.
Danny Nicholas
2011-Jul-28 17:46 UTC
[asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version?
Interrupting - you have to not use DAHDI (SIP Only) and make sure you have the necessary libs downloaded in your Cygwin install. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Gilles Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 12:42 PM To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Why no traction for Windows version? On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:04:38 +0500, "Faisal Hanif" <faisal at vopium.com> wrote:>I have tried asterisk on windows XP using Cygwin and it worked fine.Would you mind explaining how to do this? Thank you. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users