ARTCP Project (was RE: [Asterisk-Users] Features you'd liketoseeina GUI?)

[Sherwood McGowan]

The reason the system is going to be a linux distro is because it will be a
complete out of the box asterisk system ready to be installed. Just like
Asterisk at Home, only much much more integrated and having more features. 

As far as Linux not being a popular server platform? Maybe I missed
something....
As I've said before, I'm sticking with what I know. I'm not looking to make
money, or even fame. 

The system is a distro because it's supposed to be a distro. There will be a
release of just the management/user interface but the main project will be a
complete distro for installing and configuring a fullyfeatured stable
asterisk environment with all the modules that the interface connects to. 

As far as using PHP, I know php, that's the point. There's no reason for the
project to be messy. There's several huge projects out there that are php
based and they're not messy at all. Zope is a python based CMS, but there's
also POSTNuke and PHPNuke, which are both solid CMS's as well...

I'll put it this way...We can go round and round and round on my choices of
language, project type, and system. There's no point to it.
What features do you want to see in the management aspect and/or the
asterisk system itself? Do you wish to contribute to the project as
specified? Those are the only questions at this point.

I appreciate the interest, but please stop trying to change my mind on the
project. It's not about money, success of the project, or fame. It's about
getting the idea out of my head and into a working system, and possibly
helping other people who might need it at the same time. 

Cheers,
Sherwood McGowan

->-----Original Message-----
->From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
->[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
->snacktime
->Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:04 PM
->To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
->Subject: Re: ARTCP Project (was RE: [Asterisk-Users] Features 
->you'd liketoseeina GUI?)
->
->Why does the system have to be based on a linux distro?   I think
->that's the wrong way to go.  It's one thing to create a linux 
->distro around a popular piece of software, but it's another 
->to create software that can only be used as an entire linux 
->distribution.
->
->If I were you I would take an existing application server 
->platform of some type that is already popular, and build a 
->management interface on top of that.  Say something like Zope 
->or mod perl/Mason.  Preferrably you want a platform that has 
->a good web application server and can also be extended using 
->a good general purpose programming language like Perl or 
->Python.  Then after the core product is done add in secondary 
->things like backups and monitoring.
->
->
->And although I know php is hugely popular and would make it 
->easy for many to contribute, I would think twice about it.  
->In real life it can get messy really quick on large projects, 
-> and it's not the best general purpose programming language.  
->my favorite would be python, but that's just me.  As for 
->databases use an abstraction layer.  Even if you aren't 
->familiar with databases other than mysql, someone else will be.
->
->Some of these types of decisions will be what decides whether 
->your project goes anywhere or not.  And also, be prepared to 
->do most of the work yourself with little help until a first 
->usable version is produced.  Lot's of people jump on the 
->bandwagon once you get something going, but few will jump in 
->and help a lot right from the start.  If you don't have the 
->time yourself, or can't put together at least a handful of 
->people that do have the time, you are kind of doomed from the 
->start.  Everyone (like me) will be more than ready to give 
->you their opinions on how to do things, but you won't see 
->many of them when it comes time to actually do any work:)
->
->Good luck
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