[BLUG] NEXT BLUG meeting- July 15 at the library

All-

I'm pushing the meeting back by one week this month, to July 15th (a
week after we'd normally have it) and have updated the wiki to reflect
this (yep, I remembered to update the wiki; shocking, I know!).

What: Next BLUG Meeting
Why: Mark Krenz will be demonstrating Asterisk
Where: Monroe County Public Library, meeting room 1A
When: Tuesday, July 15 2008

I'll be very difficult to reach from the 4th (Friday) up until a day or
two before the meeting; if you write and I don't respond, don't be
surprised.

What is Asterisk? Asterisk is an open source phone system for Linux.
It can run (with special hardware) connected to POTS (plain old
telephone service; the outside world), or it can run as a pure VOIP
system using IP phones and "softphones" (with your mic and headset, or
similar). It can be connected to a single line or many lines and then
run to extensions for everybody with voice mail, on-hold music, etc (if
you like).

Asterisk is mature, *very* full-featured, relatively easy to program (as
they say: easy to learn, a challenge to master), and suitable for
anything from talking amongst friends, to an enterprise phone system for
your company (I really mean that).

If you have any interest in telephony, VOIP, or real-time communication
via the internet, I strongly suggest you come along and check out Mark's
talk.

Happy Independence Day!
Cooley

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Dave Cooley
dcooley@kiva.net

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