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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Depends on what your objective is &#8211;
who will be maintaining the platform?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The issue is that if you are to introduce
a switch based on FreeSWITCH into any company. That company will have to buy
support. That support is &#8216;cheap&#8217; if you use the same OS as they
already have knowledge about, but it is &#8216;expensive to introduce OS they
have no knowledge about. You will for this reason find that many companies who
run Windows rather will pay the extra licenses than having Linux or Solaris
introduced.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
freeswitch-dev-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org
[mailto:freeswitch-dev-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ian Gregson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 3. november 2007 17:41<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
freeswitch-dev@lists.freeswitch.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Freeswitch-dev] Linux or
Windows?</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Hi there,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I was wondering if anyone can offer any info with regards to go linux
or windows.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'>From what i gather the freeswitch works on both ... so obious linux is
free (opensuse i was thinking of.. maybe something better?)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'>But what about hardware support, i presume windows would have better
hardware support?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Any info would be gratefully appreciated<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Ian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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