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From: websmith <cvs () sohoskyway ! net>
Date: 2004-06-27 15:12:10
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*** introduction.xml 11 Jun 2004 19:46:49 -0000 1.13
--- introduction.xml 27 Jun 2004 15:12:04 -0000 1.14
***************
*** 6,23 ****
<title>Asterisk: The Swiss Army Knife of Telephony</title>
<para>
! Welcome to the wonderful world of Asterisk. You have discovered the most \
powerful, open software PBX system.
! Asterisk essentially allows you to connect any number of telephony devices \
together in one complete package.
! Many common PBX features such as voicemail, call queuing, conferences, music on \
hold and others are included.
! Because of the open nature of the system you can modify and code scripts to \
further customize it for any job.
! Asterisk includes many professionally recorded sound clips by Allison Smith.
! These can be combined with scripting to create almost any dialplan.
</para>
<para>
! Since Asterisk can do so many things it is not possible to cover them all in \
this book.
We will attempt to cover the most commonly used features of the system and \
attempt to answer many of the
! commonly asked questions. This book contains quite a few appendices which \
became a bit of a necessity as
! there was so much to material cover. As you follow through some of the syntax \
in this book, you may find
! them useful to clear up any questions such as how a command is used, or what a \
specific acronym means. </para>
</sect2>
--- 6,20 ----
<title>Asterisk: The Swiss Army Knife of Telephony</title>
<para>
! Welcome to the wonderful world of Asterisk. You have discovered, in our \
opinion, the most powerful open source PBX system.
! Asterisk essentially allows you to create a telephony system that is customized \
for your exact needs.
! Many common PBX features such as voicemail, call queuing, conferencing, music on \
hold and others are included.
! Because of the open nature of the system, you can modify and code scripts to \
further customize Asterisk. If needed, you can even modify the source code to fit \
your particular needs. </para>
<para>
! Since Asterisk is so powerful yet flexible, it will be impossible to cover all \
the possible uses and configurations in this book.
We will attempt to cover the most commonly used features of the system and \
attempt to answer many of the
! frequently asked questions. We have also included several appendices that we \
feel make good reference material, and cover subjects such as application programming \
in C, configuring varios types of hardware, and sample configuration \
files.
! We've also included a glossary to help you find definitions for terms and \
acronyms used in this book. </para>
</sect2>
***************
*** 25,30 ****
<title>Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills</title>
<para>
This book assumes the reader has knowledge of both telephony and
! Linux system administration.
</para>
<sect3>
--- 22,28 ----
<title>Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills</title>
<para>
+ Asterisk has a steep learning curve, and some skills are required before \
beginning to set up and Asterisk System. This book assumes the reader has knowledge \
of both telephony and
! Linux system administration.
</para>
<sect3>
***************
*** 40,46 ****
For the novice, a good introductory work is Noll's
<citetitle pubwork="book">Introduction to Telephones and
! Telephone Systems</citetitle>. Another indispensable
resource for all skill levels is <citetitle pubwork="book">
! Newton's Telecom Dictionary</citetitle>.
</para>
</sect3>
--- 38,44 ----
For the novice, a good introductory work is Noll's
<citetitle pubwork="book">Introduction to Telephones and
! Telephone Systems</citetitle>, published by Artech House Publishers. Another \
indispensable resource for all skill levels is <citetitle pubwork="book">
! Newton's Telecom Dictionary</citetitle>, published by CMP Books.
</para>
</sect3>
***************
*** 60,67 ****
<citetitle pubwork="book"> Linux Administration Handbook
</citetitle> and <citetitle pubwork="book">Unix System
! Administration Handbook</citetitle> are the best. Buying
one or two of these books can save a lot of headaches down
the road.
</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
--- 58,71 ----
<citetitle pubwork="book"> Linux Administration Handbook
</citetitle> and <citetitle pubwork="book">Unix System
! Administration Handbook</citetitle> are recommended. Buying
one or two of these books can save a lot of headaches down
the road.
</para>
+ <note>
+ <title>Other Systems</title>
+ <para>
+ While Asterisk has been known to work on other hardware platforms (such as \
x86_64) and other operating systems (such as FreeBSD), we recommend you use Asterisk \
under Linux on an i386, especially while you are first starting out. Getting \
Asterisk up and running on other platforms or operating systems is not for the faint \
of heart! + </para>
+ </note>
</sect3>
</sect2>
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