Paul: There is nothing wrong with making your product into a commercial product. You are correct that many customers need to have a simple method of installation and support.
Lets face it the sex appeal doesn't hurt and it will help sell your product. I wilsh you the best. Steve On 3/27/07, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Stephen Cohen wrote: > The Girl is pretty and very erotic and that is wonderful. > I didn't see it as an attempt to use sex appeal to sell. I see it as a demo of an office worker installing the product. Many women would be able to identify with her in that regard. > > > > > Now for the product, what makes this product so special? I really > don't get it. > > > > I have to admit that Asterisk and its dial plans are not easy for > someone doing it for the first time. > > > > Trixbox and Asterisknow are both easy to install. In fact, My 12 > year old installed Trixbox on his computer. Believe me, my kid is no > genius and if he can do it anyone can do it. > > > Does your 12 year old understand the telephony needs of the typical business? > Both of those products work just fine and they are both OPEN SOURCE > with TONS of help from a large Asterisk community. > > > > I know that programmers hate "Open Source" because it in some cases it > cuts into their income. > Wrong. With commercial software I often have to buy some kind of "developer kit" to extend or modify it. Because I don't have full source, I am often still limited. With open source the customer is not paying for that or many hours spent reverse engineering a commercial product. > > > > > I remember when Asterisk was really hard to learn and make it work. I > also remember when SER Server took me two weeks to get online but > those days are GONE. Today, I am running 347 systems using Asterisk > with customers all around the world. > > > > > > Just what does this product offer that Trixbox and/or Asterisknow > either or both don't offer? Is this product FREE or is there a charge? > > > > Please inform me. > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
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