October 13, 2005

There were 3 posts published on October 13, 2005 (this is page 1 of 1).

Asterisk and OpenPBX

The Asterisk community has changed considerably within the past week. Some key developers have become frustrated at the lack of leadership shown by Digium. Specifically, some claim that Digium is dragging its feet on accepting patches and new code. These developers have since gone on to fork the Asterisk code into a new project called OpenPBX.

I read through a long thread discussing the split, a thread which quickly devolved into a flamefest. Still unclear for the need for the new project, I surfed over to the blog of the main developer in the OpenPBX project, Brian West (bkw). Brian sums up his frustration with Digium in his blog post, basically saying how it seemed Digium’s focus is not on improving the code.

I don’t know whether its true or not, but I don’t think any harm will come from a separate project. I’ve had interactions with Brian on IRC and have always found him to be very helpful and knowledgable. While some Asterisk users are unhappy with the split, I am not betting against Brian and the OpenPBX crew. A little focus can go a long, long way.

Divisions

When deep in the middle of another project a while ago, a thought popped into my head. It’s actually taken up until now to properly put it into words.

The essense of it is this:

“If you want to work together, stop dividing yourselves!”

How appropos.

Us versus them. Left-wing versus right-wing. Pro versus anti. All of this dividing only sets us back.

No one get anywhere if only one side of the boat is rowing.

Fawn

Once again yesterday, I caught sight of a marvelous fawn on my way home from work. The fawn lives in the grassy area between the Beltline, Jones Franklin Road, and the northbound ramp onto the Beltline. I’m not sure how it manages to live there, being surrounded by traffic. Somehow it does, though. Although Lake Johnson is nearby, there’s a guardrail and a steep drop-off between it and the deer.

I have seen it three times now, the first time about two months ago. I’ve never seen any adult deer around it, which makes me wonder if its been orphaned.

One day when I was turning onto the Beltline, I passed a Raleigh animal control officer stopped on the ramp. I’ve wondered since then if the deer’s number was up. Yesterday’s sighting has put my mind at ease. It’s not the perfect home for a deer, but it’s apparently good enough.

If you drive by the area, keep a lookout for the spotted fawn.