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August 06, 2005
Quick report from ClueCon
Sorry that I've not had time to keep the posts flowing, but I've been at ClueCon in Chicago, and things have been more than a little hectic.
First of all, I arrived on Tuesday evening at 5pm local Chicago time after 24 hours of continuous travel. I was dehydrated and jetlagged, so of course I went out with the other delegates and had a few drinks. I can remember until about 9:30pm, and then I woke up in my hotel room at 3:30am. Everyone says I had a great time, but damned if I can remember anything. I remember reading somewhere that everyone should give up drinking once they turn 40 - I think that time may have come.
But first of all, let me say that ClueCon seriously rocks. Not only have we been having a great time, but we've been getting some great work done. The talks have been interestings, and the speakers even more so. Because this is the US, there is a very definite Asterisk flavour to everything, but regardless there have been lots of really smart people who are ready to talk about all aspects of VoIP. I've learnt more about PRIs and TDM in the last few days than I managed to absorb in the previous 5 years.
Brian and Tony from AsterLink have done a fantastic job in looking after everyone and doing their best to keep everyone happy. I know I'll be doing my level best to come to the next ClueCon.
The big highlight for me was spending time with the guys from Sangoma, especially Gideon and Nenand. I'd forgotten how much fun it is to work with smart, motivated people who love their work and really care about their products.
I announced the release of Derek's IAX2 code during my talk, and that got a round of applause. As it should - he has done some great work and I know that lots of people will be looking at that code very closely over the next weeks.
There is no way I will be able to remember everything that has happened so expect to keep hearing about various stuff over the next few weeks. I'll try and do some more posts as and when I remember stuff.
Oh byeah - Net connectivity is really good (most of the time) so I've been able to catch up on OpenH323 and OPAL patches. I'm going to try and get some coding done this weekend - or at least I'm going to try.
Posted by CraigS at August 6, 2005 02:32 AM
Comments
I am a really bad influence on you! ;) Bourbon through straws is just not a good idea.
Posted by: Damin at August 7, 2005 06:51 AM
OPAL integrating IAX2 ? That's some great news. Looking forward to see that !
Posted by: Guillaume at August 9, 2005 09:17 PM
That's great. Its really good news.
Posted by: Ghazanfar Ali Sanpal at August 11, 2005 02:29 AM
IAX2 support? Great!
Congratulations Derek.
It is a great sign for OPAL, to me everything always looked right in OPAL except that it didn't seem that it will ever be able to get out of OpenH323's shadow. Let the real transition begin...
This will definatelly make me look at it again.
Great news!
Posted by: Srdjan at August 11, 2005 04:56 AM