On Jan 23, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Steve Totaro wrote: >> All points I agree with. HP and IBM could be excellent partners >> for Digium >> to go to market with using Switchvox, but they do have to move >> quickly.As a >> consumer, I still believe the Digium business model is too closed, >> (and the smell of others are making money and we, the creators are >> behind, >> is in the air, so desperation is no good) >> >> There will a battle for migration as well, and that doesn't fit >> their model, >> as they don't do other cards than theirs, >> and that's a problem as well, >> <stubbornish>no, we don't support that hardware</stubbornish> >> <customer>then I won't migrate then if I have to re-pay $10k</ >> customer> >> >> (they might make some $ selling others as well) >> >> switchbox is great, >> >> but lacks amenability to the masses, >> which are the ultimate choosers, >> while you can download the free-switchbox, >> its capped limitations make it unfriendly for any techie to play, >> and copies the bad things from Fonality, such as registration, >> >> where's the cd download to install it at home (playing well with any >> hardware) and feel I am the king of telephony? >> > > For the record, it is SwitchVox not Switchbox.
I respectfully accept the correction, > I have been using it > for more than a year and have to say it is great and a great addition > to Digium's holdings. I was selling and recommending it long before > Digium bought them. I still believe the business model is "itchy", and my point of view might be more "massive (as in from the masses)" than yours, > > The other thing is that if Dell and Fonality are selling the > opensource version of asterisk then they will have to make that clear > in their marketing or am I wrong? I know the source has to be > supplied on request or in some form but I am not sure if they have to > tell the buyer that it is Asterisk. it's clear on their home page that is about a PBX based on Asterisk > > If they are buying a commercially licensed version of asterisk, then > it would certainly be a revenue stream for Digium. I hope this is the > case because it would be win-win for everyone. I hope as well, > > Thanks, > Steve Totaro > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz