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

[mgraves at mstvp.com]

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
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> -------- 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?"
> 
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