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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>Asterisk still has ownership issues, though. It's largely
useless without one key piece of hardware -- the Digium TDM card. Only
Digium really knows how to write drivers for that card, and the Asterisk >community
is highly dependent on them to fix bugs and add features. If Digium
decided to get out of that business Asterisk would be little better off than we
are right now with Zap2It Labs closing up shop</span></font><font size=2
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi David, actually that’s not
correct, you can run an asterisk server without a Digium card to connect to the
pstn or isdn, in fact there are competing cards against the Digium that in
certain circumstances are even preferable if you did ‘have’ to
connect to the pstn. (eg rhino or event lucent max’s if you are running
large installs).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Although Digium make a large portion of
their money from card sales they also make a significant amount through
consultation fees etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>And I disagree that MythTV is a non
commercial in it’s nature…all the other dvr manufacturers are in it
for a buck </span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Wingdings><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:black'>J</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>- it’s just the way the community
has developed for various reasons.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Dean Collins<br>
Cognation Pty Ltd<br>
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