Asterisk: The Future of Telephony

Acknowledgments

Firstly, we have to thank our fantastic editor Michael Loukides, who offered invaluable feedback and found incredibly tactful ways to tell us to re-write a section (or chapter) when it was needed, and have us think it was our idea. Mike built us up when we were down, and brought us back to earth when we got uppity. You are a master, Mike, and seeing how many books have received your editorial oversight contributes to an understanding of why O’Reilly Media is the success it is.

Thanks also to Rachel Wheeler, our copy editor, Colleen Gorman, our production editor, and the rest of the unsung heroes in O’Reilly’s production department. These are the folks that take our book and make it an O’Reilly book.

Everyone in the Asterisk community needs to thank Jim Dixon for creating the first open-source telephony hardware interfaces, starting the revolution, and giving his creations to the community at large.

Thanks to Tim O’Reilly, for giving us a chance to write this book.

To our most generous and merciless review team:

• Rich Adamson, President of Network Partners Inc., for your encyclopedic knowledge of the PSTN, and your tireless willingness to share your experience. Your generosity, even in the face of daunting challenge, is inspiring to us all.

• Dr. Edward Guy, Chief Scientist, Pulver Innovations, for your comprehensive and razor-sharp evaluation of each and every chapter, and for your championing of Asterisk.

• Kristian Kielhofner, President, KrisCompanies and creator of AstLinux, ...