A C++ framework utilizing Design Patterns for creating Linux and Windows communications applications that contain Dialogic® products. Includes media and network classes (analog, digital, SIP, H323), multithreaded event handling, distributed app support.
Hermes is a P2P middleware. It's not a framework, but it's a shell over the existing frameworks. This shell is made in such a fashion that it's possible to the app developer to change the underlying framework without any changes to his app code.
The integration of the VM on most OS is not very deep: It sits on top of the OS, running as a simple app, and does not access most features of the OS. This project's aim is to deeply integrate with the OS to facilitate many services.