[asterisk-users] SER, OpenSER, Kamailio, OpenSIPS -- what are you using?

[Alex Balashov]

But, just to be clear, the answer to your question - or more precisely, 
the answer to the question underlying your question ("WHY are you using 
what you're using?") - is fundamentally political in its essence.

Most aspects of the case for one or the other have little to do with 
technology.  At this time.

Alex Balashov wrote:

> At this point, it's six one, half dozen the other, although that may 
> change with time.  Kamailio and SER appear to be joining forces.  But 
> it's mostly a matter of your affinity with the community and the various 
> political forces and personalities at this point.
> 
> I personally am sticking with the Kamailio camp because I think they are 
> doing a better job of creating a stable business environment around the 
> project and doing things that are important to big-name adopters who are 
> far more concerned about having something they can lean on than about 
> coding, coding and coding.
> 
> On the other hand, the OpenSIPS camp has proposed some very radical and 
> potentially beneficial architectural changes if they are actually 
> carried through.
> 
> Still, at this point in time, six one & half-dozen the other, especially 
> if you're talking about the core and stateful ("tm" module) 
> functionality needed for things that fall under the rubric of 
> "front-ending Asterisk."
> 
> Steve Edwards wrote:
> 
>> One of the above is frequently used to front-end Asterisk.
>>
>> I used OpenSER to front-end a farm of Asterisk servers and was very 
>> happy with it. The ability to take a box out of service or to route a 
>> specific DNIS to a box for testing rocks.
>>
>> Since OpenSER has died (I don't care about the 
>> politics/personalities/trademarks), Kamailio and OpenSIPS have risen 
>> from the ashes. What are you using? (I'm still using OpenSER 
>> 1.3.1-notls.)
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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