[Lula] Fwd: Lillax meeting: Introduction to VOIP and Asterisk by Darryll Straus

[Jesse W]

As Ralf Pieper had some trouble sending this, I'm sending it for him; 
please direct any comments to ralf at r.mooo.com, not to me.

Jesse Weinstein
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LiLAX and the Cerritos Linux Users Group are proud to present Darryll 
Straus
on: Saturday, June 10, 2006 in SCC 810 in Building 8 on the east side of
California State University Dominguez Hills in Carson, CA from 11:00AM 
to
3:00PM.

Introduction to VOIP and Asterisk

         Voice of IP (VOIP) allows telephone traffic to travel over a 
local or
wide area network instead of traditional phone lines. Asterisk is an
open source application that lets you use a Linux system as a telephony
hub. It can be used as a phone switch with features like multiple
extensions, voicemail and interactive voice response systems, or to
develop telephone enabled applications.
         This talk will cover the basics and VOIP and Asterisk. You 
should
  walk away understanding the terminology, capabilities, and benefits of 
VOIP
  and Asterisk. With the very low cost options available, our hope is 
that it
  will inspire you to explore Asterisk on your own.

Digital Ordnance was founded by Daryll Strauss, a major force in Linux
development; having been involved with the product since it?s 
inception. As a
pioneer in the use of Linux for the post production industry, Daryll 
Strauss
has been writing graphics software since the late 70?s. He began his 
career
writing image processing code in the Aerospace industry before taking 
his
graphics skills to Hollywood to become a developer of visual effects
software, in the process, changing the way the film industry creates 
special
effects.

He is the man who first ported hardware accelerated 3D support for 
Linux on
the 3dfx Voodoo Graphics cards, allowing them to be used for video game
animations and Hollywood graphics, subsequently he wrote drivers for 
many
other graphics cards, some of which are still in use today. For the film
industry he has worked at with several big name facilities designing 
software
for film scanning and recording, color calibration, production, 
rendering,
and facilities management.

In 1997, while at Digital Domain, he designed and built the now famous 
Linux
cluster used to render images for Titanic. In addition to working on the
Oscar winning Titanic, Daryll was involved with ?What Dreams May Come? 
which
also won the visual effects Oscar and the nominated ?Apollo 13?. Since 
then
he has also supported the 3Dfx hardware implementation under Linux. His
diverse set of skills includes device drivers, 3D hardware, and high 
level
rendering.

  Strauss has written so much code for Linux and Hollywood graphics in 
general
that it is a good bet that your company is already using some of that 
code.
He has literally changed the way that Hollywood creates digital effects.
Because he understands production, he is committed to creating tools 
that
will improve production at your facility. Call Digital Ordnance today 
and let
us help you do post production better.

I first heard Daryll speak at SCALE3X and was impressed with the 
content and
got interested in VoIP and have since installed Asterisk so I will be 
talking
about my experiences as well.

Map, directions and parking info: http://www.cerritoslug.org/

For updated LiLAX meetings: http://lilax.net/meetings.shtml
For other LA Linux events: http://r.mooo.com/lalugs Linux at UUASC this
Thursday, and Ubuntu on Monday.

We are always looking for speakers please volunteer, August is open.

Ralf
Skype: ralferix, FWD: 630551
PSTN: 360 215-5250

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