Day: November 1, 2004

In Linux Under the Desktop I mentioned one way Linux can creep into the enterprise. Here’s another: Asterisk.

Yes, Asterisk is one of those things some people might consider a “killer app” for Linux. Ok, it runs on Mac OS X as well, but Windows support just ain’t there, so if you want Asterisk running now, you’re looking at a *nix solution…

And I know at least one company full of Windows servers who is willing to stick a Linux box in the mix just for Asterisk.

So to me, this looks like one of those “foot in the door” opportunities for Linux. I’ll be interesting to see what happens…

I mentioned that my ISP is less than reliable, so what is a geek to do? Write code…

The sample, a work in progress, is the Connection Report, which should show the result of pinging my ISP’s server each day. The presentation needs some serious hacking, but like I said, it’s a work in progress.

I’m using Net::Ping to do this. I was using nmap, but Net::Ping was a little easier to deal with.