SIP Router - joint effort

Kamailio (Openser) team has joined the effort to build the SIP Router Open Source Project. A first meeting of the people around SIP Router took place in Karlsruhe at the premises of 1&1 on November 10, 2008.
Following the meeting approved goals, last month (November) we already had first Kamailio (Openser) module running on top of SER core. This was an important milestone reached even sooner than expected. A fully compatible version of SIP Router with both parents' projects is expected in the first quarter of 2009.

KAMAILIO (OPENSER) 1.4.2 released

Kamailio 1.4.2 was released on October 23,2008. This is a minor release of the branch 1.4, including bug-fixes. More details you find on the project page.

OPENSER project changed name into Kamailio on August 28, 2008 and starting with 1.4 the software is released using the new name, but previous releases will be maintained under the OPENSER name.

Sunday in Bucharest, Davis Cup

Yesterday there was a sunny autumn day in Bucharest. So I took advantage of the wonderful weather and went to encourage Romanian tennis players at Davis Cup. I could say I brought them luck :), in the end Romania defeating India 4-1.

Among the people present there, there was a special supporter Ilie Nastase, Romanian professional tennis player - world's no. 1 in '73. Nice to see him there.

Go Romania, Go! in the long run in Davis Cup!

KAMAILIO OPEN SOURCE SIP PROXY PROJECT

On 4th of August, one week after project renaming from OPENSER to KAMAILIO, one of the project team members announced that his interest is not anymore with the OPENSER project and that he started by himself a fork of OPENSER. Few days later, without prior notice, just one hour before the release KAMAILIO (OPENSER) 1.4.0, he claimed the project domain openser.org as this was registered on his name when the project started in 2005 and proceeded with redirection of the domain to its newly created fork of OPENSER project called opensips. Redirection takes place after a few seconds while displaying the message saying that OPENSER project has become opensips. Launching his project as a fork and claiming in the same time OPENSER has become his newly started project is breaking all the logic. As OPENSER founder and developer, I feel disgust for such attitude.

To avoid such problems in the future and also to allow for a healthy developing of the open source sip server KAMAILIO, comunity members discussions were started for creation of a project foundation.

We apologize for the inconvenience and confusion created among the OPENSER community members. All project resources can be found under following domains:
http://www.kamailio.net
http://www.kamailio.org
http://www.kamailio.com

OPENSER renamed to KAMAILIO

KAMAILIO is the new name for the SIP server known as OPENSER. A list with name candidates was created and the project board members vote decided the way to go forward under the name of KAMAILIO.

About the new name: there were people that found it strange, even ugly ... there were people that found it interesting and of a special flavor. It might be difficult to pronounce in English .. I am not sure. It is as simple as thinking to pronounce it in two parts kama ' ilio.

I wish all the best to the project! With a bit of our help - the founders, developers and management board members, but with the huge help of the community the project will continue to be at the top of open source SIP servers.

See: http://www.kamailio.org

Google Translate for Romanian Language

I discovered that now Romanian language can be used with Google Translate. Nice feature! I have already given it a try and the translation from German, Spanish or English to Romanian was pretty accurate.

OPENSER Dinner in Barcelona

Tuesday evening, people around OPENSER project gathered at braseria "El Glop" in center of Barcelona.

As the event occured in the same week as the Asterisk SIP Master Class given by Olle E. Johansson and Daniel-Constantin Mierla, besides OPENSER comunity members I met Asterisk developers and users.

Here it is a picture with Olle and myself waiting for the spanish food and Iñaki and Elias discussing of course about OPENSER.

Many thanks to Daniel, Jesus and Iñaki for dinner arrangements!

Orthodox Easter

In Romania most of the people celebrate this Sunday the Orthodox Easter. It's time when members of family gather together to celebrate the holy days. I wish to everybody to have a peaceful Easter and happy days with their families!

OPENSER Social Event in Barcelona

Two weeks left until the OPENSER social event in Barcelona tied up with OPENSER-Asterisk SIP Masterclass. Loved by many and preferred for summer holidays, Spain is a great country that does not let you get bored. Today I made the arrangements for the trip, so it's sure, I will be there! Looking forward to meeting people around OPENSER project.

OPENSER Certifications

ASIPTO launched online OPENSER certification program. People interested to evaluate their knowledge on deploying the open source SIP server OPENSER, can enroll the program without the need to travel.

ROSDEV - Romanian Open Source Development

ROSDEV 2008, one full day conference, held on April 12 in Bucharest. This second edition gathered many of the Open Source projects represented by Romanians with good audience up to the final, continued with a dinner.

Some photos:

http://www.asipto.com/photos/ROSDEV2008-1-ALBUM/

http://www.asipto.com/photos/ROSDEV2008-ALBUM/