They would also be competing indirectly with themselves(Cisco and Avaya license their technology in their phones). But the real reason comes down to support. I've been following the Polycom/Asterisk thing for 2 years now and it really comes down to the fact that they do not want Asterisk users calling them. They want them to call the person that sold them the phone, but usually those resellers have no idea where to get the firmware or they aren't authorized by Polycom to give it out. There are a few resellers that do have a clue and can get you the firmware. You can probably post to the BIZ list to get a hold of a reseller that will help you.
MATT--- -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:58 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Polycom Images Manjit Riat wrote: > Out of curiosity what's the reason? Why would they not sell phones to > asterisk users? Do they not trust asterisk or their phones to work > with each other? My guess: They don't want to compete with the folks that OEM Polycom hardware. Lots of commercial phone system vendors just re-brand Polycom phones, and Polycom doesn't want to hurt their relationship with those businesses. I bet that at some point one of the Asterisk-using Polycom vendors gets the momentum to get a better Polycom<->Asterisk user relationship going. The trouble is that most of the Asterisk-using hardware vendors are hardware agnostic, and don't want sign anything that says "We'll only sell Polycom equipment". _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users