[Mac-telephony-list] Asterisk vs. OpenPBX

[Martin Joseph via List]

On Dec 20, 2006, at 10:49 AM, brody bernardi via List wrote:

> Also let me get this cleared up...
>
> Asterisk and OpenPBX are separate and different (other than opbx was
> derived from *)?
> Sunrise which had been writing a port of Asterisk for Mac OS X has
> switched to writing a port of OpenPBX for Mac OS X?
> The new name has yet to be decided?
OpenPBX is derived from the asterisk source (1.2).

Many feel that the Asterisk development team has lost it's way with  
regards to priorities and direction.  The most important things would  
seem to be stability, security and compatibility.  OpenPBX is more  
focused on these goals, while asterisk seems to be rushing to add/ 
revamp/extend features.

I am sort of torn between these two views, but ultimately better mac  
compatibility is the decider (sorry) for me.

Asterisk does build on OSX in both the 1.2.13 release and the 1.4  
branch .  I haven't had a chance to build OpenPBX,  but look forward  
to the exciting tools and add ons that might become available based  
on info here.

Marty

I am pretty sure that Steve Underwood (IIR) has said that he isn't  
going to work on asterisk any more.  This is significant as he is the  
author of both Unicall and some critical Fax additions.