On 1 Sep 2008, at 17:34, Rob Hillis wrote: > VoIP Cyprus wrote: >> Can you share with me your experiences with Asterisk 1.6? Is it >> stable >> enough for commercial service? > > No. No matter how good some people may tell you it is, 1.6 is still > beta software and software is rarely beta for no good reason. Don't > even THINK about running 1.6 until it leaves beta and RC stage unless > you are truly desperate for the features and are willing to accept > random crashes, unusual behaviour and the possibility of things > changing > before the final release. > > The company I worked for up until June this year was still selling 1.2 > systems until late April because we hadn't worked through all the > changes and tested things fully. If your company will depend on your > phone system for customer service, don't take the risk.
I agree with the advice (i.e. don't use a Beta for commercial service.) But Rob is mixing 2 issues - porting an existing set up to a new version (of anything) is always a pain, there are always unexpected gotchas so once you have service running there is a _huge_ disincentive to upgrading. On the other hand, if you are building a new service, you should go for as new and crispy a version as you dare. The question you to ask is - "will it be stable by the time I want to launch?". Doing this can save you at least one round of upgrades in the next year or so. Tim. _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
