[Asterisk-Users] Digium should develop and sell just Dummy card. For timing...

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The only thing that is wrong is that there seems to be some expectation of
Digium that they have to tell things... The source code is available. If
someone isn't happy with the Digium methods then they should find a
solution and post it to the list and/or one of the several Asterisk Wiki's
that are around.  Digium has no obligation in this regard.  OSS doesn't
mean free, OSS doesn't mean no secrets. It means Open Source Software. 
Alot of folks (me included)sometimes incorrectly equate the term  OSS to
mean FREE.

 Digium has already given for free much more than the typical telephony
hardware manufacturer. I think its pretty clear that they like using
"common timing source across all platforms".

I am looking forward to the postings of alternative timing solutions.

Robert

>
> Also as I'd written.  It seems we're arguing the same side of the
> argument.
> :-)   My compliant was not that the timing was needed, but that Digium
> seems so damned secretive about it.  I mean this is OSS -- just tell us
> that having a common timing source across all platforms makes things
> really
> easy, you don't have to screw with looking at writing an alternative
> driver
> for RTC or USB or XYZ and hey, we happen to make some money selling these
> boards too.  If you are running a SIP-only * box then here are some
> alternative timing drivers, point them at some URLs and oh by the way, we
> didn't write 'em, we don't support 'em, they seem to work fine with others
> though.
>
> What's wrong with that?
>
> Regards,
> Andrew
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