Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 06, 2006 11:44 PM
Umm, you neglected to mention the reason why you (should) LOVE Linux and Open Source software: it provides you with a telephony system without having to purchase a "$60,000 Cisco switch or $100,000 Nortel PBX." It won't kill you to say "thank you" to the developers who have made this possible.
A development server need not be a separate box: there are numerous virtualization options such as qemu, VMware, Xen, and User-Mode Linux (though admittedly I do not know whether they will work correctly with the zaptel cards). Or you could install a second hard drive for little money and put your test system on that. You will need to take the server down to do testing, but at least you'll have a fallback if something goes wrong.
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Re:You need a "development" server
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 06, 2006 11:44 PMA development server need not be a separate box: there are numerous virtualization options such as qemu, VMware, Xen, and User-Mode Linux (though admittedly I do not know whether they will work correctly with the zaptel cards). Or you could install a second hard drive for little money and put your test system on that. You will need to take the server down to do testing, but at least you'll have a fallback if something goes wrong.
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