Skills

-	Asterisk PBX system
	-	www.asterisk.org
	-	With the right hardware, a computer can be turned into a complete phone system.
	-	Computer would be capable of handling voice mail services with most features available from the local phone company.
	-	System is capable of conferencing.
	-	System is capable of connecting voice over ip to public system telephone networks (pstn), which allows users to connect to a server across the internet, anywhere in the world, and call a number local to the location of the server.
	-	Use of a phone client on a workstation computer with a headphone/microphone setup allows the phone system to find you at whichever workstation you are signed into. Also, creating the ability to use less telephones.
	-	Almost any feature available for a phone system can be found on this particular piece of software...
	-	No phone system is going to be inexpensive, yet this system can amount to considerable savings for a sizable system.
-	Migration of one operating system to another
	-	Have successfully migrated email, address books, favorites, and other files from windows to Linux, and Linux to Windows. I have yet to have occasion to try, but complete migration of Outlook calendars is also possible.
	-	Have not had occasion as of yet to migrate to or from a Mac to Windows, but if I can do it in Linux, I can do it for Mac, for sure.
-	Multilingual computers
	-	Have worked on Japanese, German and French computers using Windows. Have created a Japanese desktop Linux computer. Should be possible to create Linux desktop computers in a variety of languages, even though I am not fluent.
-	Network security
	-	Any computer with network or internet access is vulnerable to malicious intent, the only true security is to remove the cable. But if the cable needs to be there, one can limit the degree of risk his network/workstations are subject to.
	-	An old computer can be made into an extremely flexible and strong firewall with powerful routing options, and a good system of policies can prevent many of the most common problems end users will have.
	-	Good security software can be had for windows computers at reasonable or no cost.
-	Custom applications
	-	Finding the right application for your business can be time consuming, and may or may not result in you finding exactly what you need. Open source software is designed in such a way that if it doesn't do exactly what you are after, you can change it so it does.
	-	High level programming languages, such as java and c, are still above me, but I have written a custom mysql/php application, and have hacked several in the past. Depending on the needs of the customer, I may be able to provide an application specific to the needs of a business or person.