Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello programmers,
A small team of developers and myself have started a VoIP project for the gaming community. We are all working volunteerily to make the application. We all have experience in what we do, but we have hit a dead end. After setting up registration, login, and the custom graphic UI, a problem arose trying to get the server to communicate with the application's TCP client and execute commands like sending messages to other users. We don't have any shell programmers on our team that could write the needed code for the server, so it would be great if any of you would like to participate in this project. Again, this is not a paid job offer, but if you like what you do, it can be a great source of experience for any future projects you might be a part of.
Thank you for your time,
suzi9spal

Not sure enough of the architecture to see what the need is -- might be simple.

For VOIP in gaming, is this for people in situations with each other where their avatars could hear each other if human, or for team radio comm on sides, or just global chat of all active gamers? The first needs tight itegration with the game, the second is looser but still needs definition of teams, and the third is very loose and simple.

The game integration is not the problem, since it's not for a specific game or anything(I guess you can think of it as a mix of skype, teamspeak and steam). The fact that it is VoIP should have nothing to do with this server, for example if it gets the command SendDataTo(address, bytes) it doesn't really care what the bytes are, the client will translate those when/if it gets the message. In addition to this function(sending data to other users) the server would have to keep a connection open with the client and do some things when the connection closes(send offline status to friends, update values in mySQL database,...).

Seriourlsy, first post, and want us to do your project?

What have you done so far?
Where is the project site?
What will be the license?
Will there be a contract?
Are you certain to write a VOIP application and require SHELL - as in BASH/KSH/ZSH?
I've done a Text Interface using SHELL, so i guess i'm capable to say that a VOIP is not possible using SHELL only, unless you do some real coding for the backend - to make it usable in the shell - which is not the same.

Give us some more infos!

Happy holidays

EDIT:
To me, your request falls into the same cathegory like:
"Me want to do a new OS, you do the coding and me do the marketing, but me havent done anything yet, you do it and we share when it gives money..."