[svlug] Telephony BoF at LinuxWorld!

[Greg Herlein]

The turnout for the Telephony BoF was excellent - about 35
people.  There were engineers from several companies that have
built linux based telephony/call center/unified messaging
applications/systems, and a collection of people that are either
doing telephony and just getting into linux, or doing linux and
just getting into telephony.  There was a good discussion of the
major open source telephony projects out there, and of the
hardware that was available for these apps that had linux
suport.  Cyclades has some products that may be useful in the
voice space that we'll hear more about later.

All in all, it's the best BoF I've ever been to.  :)  For those
who could not make it, we missed you!

If there is enough interest among SVLUG members and other SFBay
area folks, we can always hold another BoF of our own.  Write me
direct if you are interested in such a thing and I'll organize
it.  

Also, the next SVLUG meeting (Wednesday the 5th) is by Vovida on
the VOCAL system.  This is a very capable telephony
infrastructure system that is totally open source.  If you are
into telephony at all, it should be a worthwhile presentation.

Greg


On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Frank Arnold wrote:

> I was unable to get up to SF until Wednesday.
> Any report on this meeting?
> Frank Arnold
> ==============================================
> On Wednesday 22 August 2001 16:25, Greg Herlein wrote:
> > In conjunction with LinuxWorld in San Francisco!
> >
> >                 Linux Telephony
> >               Birds of a Feather
> >                      (BoF)
> >                     Meeting
> >
> >
> > Anyone interested in telephony on linux is invited to an informal
> > gathering to discuss the subject.  Since all the official LinuxWorld
> > BoF space is full, we have arranged for a space within a few blocks of
> > Moscone Center.  We'll have some light refreshments, lots of
> > comfortable space, a large whiteboard, and hopefully a lot of
> > enthusiastic attendance to discuss open source telephony.  We'll even
> > have a few new products that vendors have sent as demos.  This is NOT
> > a sales event though - it's a BoF!  The idea is to meet other
> > telephony people and talk about where linux (and other open source
> > OS's) are going in the telephony world.
> >
> > When:      Tuesday August 28
> > Where:     953 Mission St., Suite #40 - (downstairs)
> >
> > We'll be putting together a flyer and a map in the next few days.
> > Watch for a follup announcement!
> >
> > Everyone is welcome!  Please RSVP (to gherlein at herlein.com) if you
> > know you plan on attending, so that we can make sure we have enough
> > snacks for everyone!
> >
> > This BoF is sponsored by Tannis Consulting, Inc. - who are providing
> > the space, Herlein Engineering, Inc. and the Open Source Telecom
> > Corporation - who are sharing expenses for the meeting.
> >
> 
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