As an old time telecom professional, I would go even further and say I
would not base a business model on Asterisk at all, especially those
built on a PC platform
There are too many really good telephone systems available for most
applications that will hang on the wall and just work for the next 10-20
years. This is especially so for small business and SOHO applications
where the business owner wants something that just works and isn't
interested in tinkering.
I know many will disagree, and that is fine.
Just my opinion, from my personal experience in telecom sales and
service for some 35 years
John Novack
Mark Phillips wrote:
Re-purposed thin clients are all well and good but one cannot really
base a business model on "I got it from ebay". Sure for a one off home
project a $50 thin client is great. I know. My web pages and this list
are full of my re-purposing ravings.
Once upon a time Kris did a build for a GumStix device (which I have and
love!) and indeed there were sources and howto's for it on his site but
are now sadly gone.
AstLinux was once available for an ARM processor by means of cross
compiling. Perhaps we could do it again?
Mark
On 09/22/2009 01:31 PM, Peter Loron wrote:
On Sep 22, 2009, at 7:59 AM, John Novack wrote:
Mark Phillips wrote:
Anyone tried using a BeagleBoard from digikey?
http://www.beagleboard.org
For $150 it's worth a punt!
Mark
Isn't that kind of expensive??
Given the HP thin clients going for a song on eBay. Update them with a
Transcend larger flash and they run AstLinux well.
Some even have a PCI slot, though the expansion parts are rare, and
some have expandable ( beyond 128M ) memory, all have an Ethernet
port, 4 USB ports, a Serial and VGA, and many have a PS/2 keyboard
port as well.
Will AstLinux work with an ARM processor??
John Novack
The BeagleBoard looks pretty interesting, but as John said, is spendy
compared to what you can get elsewhere. Also there is the added
complication of an ARM-based CPU.
Over time, I'm sure more linux distributions will have ARM builds are
first class citizens, especially as the ARM-based netbooks start
penetrating the market.
John: which models of the HP thin clients have you had success with?
-Pete
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