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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>That guy got cranky because he thought that the developers time was free… For some reason people think that before there is Free in the name or that it is open source, that the developers of the project are doing this for free. We all have families to feed. Unlike some open source projects, FreeSWITCH is not funded by millions of dollars of funding, every bit of funding comes from people using FreeSWITCH and contracting the FreeSWITCH Team to help them deploy, configure, or enhance the software. I can’t think of anyone of the supporters that has wanted to keep any code additions out of tree.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>So even if you don’t have a huge budget you can still help out Anthony, Brian, Mike, Me, and William. Contact us, let us help with your project. Sure, there may be a charge for that initial consultation, but it also allows us to dedicate time with you to engineer a plan to help you reach your goals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Want to send a little Christmas or Hanukkah gift to one of the Developers? Visit <a href="https://freeswitch.org/core-team/">https://freeswitch.org/core-team/</a>, Our wishlists are there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Want to but the dev’s dinner or something Similar? There’s a donate button right on the website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Want to help in other ways? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Join the Docs Team and help document things on Confluence. We still have a several hundred pages on the old wiki that need to be clean up, updated and migrated to Confluence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Help us sort thru the bugs and test patches and pull requests. Anyone can comment on open tickets and add information… Want to be an official bug marshall? Email me (<a href="mailto:krice@freeswitch.org">krice@freeswitch.org</a>) or <a href="mailto:brian@freeswitch.org">brian@freeswitch.org</a> off list and we’ll help get you started.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Join the FreeSWITCH Team via HipChat at <a href="https://hipchat.freeswitch.org/">https://hipchat.freeswitch.org/</a> hang out meet the devs and chat with other FreeSWITCH users.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Like IRC? Check out #FreeSWITCH on freenode.net<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Every Little Bit Helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>K<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>chris<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 15, 2015 11:38 PM<br><b>To:</b> FreeSWITCH Users Help &lt;freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org&gt;<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Freeswitch-users] FreeSWITCH vs Asterisk on Reddit...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>about on par with this one which was interesting:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freeswitch/comments/3o5acr/i_failed_with_freeswitch/">https://www.reddit.com/r/freeswitch/comments/3o5acr/i_failed_with_freeswitch/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Brian West &lt;<a href="mailto:brian@freeswitch.org" target="_blank">brian@freeswitch.org</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Interesting thread...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/VOIP/comments/3wy9h8/freeswitch_vs_asterisk/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/VOIP/comments/3wy9h8/freeswitch_vs_asterisk/</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Everyone should check it out.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Brian West</span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><br></span><a href="mailto:brian@freeswitch.org" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>brian@freeswitch.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><img border=0 width=240 height=73 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://billing.freeswitch.org/templates/default/img/whmcslogo.png" alt="http://billing.freeswitch.org/templates/default/img/whmcslogo.png"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Twitter: @FreeSWITCH , @briankwest</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br></span><a href="http://www.freeswitchbook.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.freeswitchbook.com</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><br></span><a href="http://www.freeswitchcookbook.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>http://www.freeswitchcookbook.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>Got Bugs? Report them </span><a href="https://freeswitch.org/jira" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>here</span></a><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>! | Reddit:&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/freeswitch" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>/r/freeswitch</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>T:</span></b><a href="tel:%2B19184209001" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>+19184209001</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> | <b>F:</b></span><a href="tel:%2B19184209002" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>+19184209002</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> | <b>M:</b>+1918424WEST (9378)<br><b>iNUM:</b>+883 5100 1420 9001 |&nbsp;<b>ISN:</b>410*543 |&nbsp;<b>Skype:</b>briankwest</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_________________________________________________________________________<br>Professional FreeSWITCH Consulting Services:<br><a href="mailto:consulting@freeswitch.org">consulting@freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com" target="_blank">http://www.freeswitchsolutions.com</a><br><br>Official FreeSWITCH Sites<br><a href="http://www.freeswitch.org" target="_blank">http://www.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://confluence.freeswitch.org" target="_blank">http://confluence.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://www.cluecon.com" target="_blank">http://www.cluecon.com</a><br><br>FreeSWITCH-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org">FreeSWITCH-users@lists.freeswitch.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users" target="_blank">http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/freeswitch-users</a><br>UNSUBSCRIBE:<a href="http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users" target="_blank">http://lists.freeswitch.org/mailman/options/freeswitch-users</a><br><a href="http://www.freeswitch.org" target="_blank">http://www.freeswitch.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nb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