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> -----Original Message----- > From: Drew Gibson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: November 1, 2007 4:59 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Interesting Read: Asterisk lacks > support for enterprises > > I would summarise the article as follows:- > > "Asterisk is fairly easy to implement. Our ad revenues will > be affected because our customers (that's people who pay for > ads in our mag, not pay to read it) will lose business. Let's > throw out some fud about how complex and incomplete Asterisk > is to make our advertisers more comfortable. " > > regards, > > Drew > > > Chuck Mariotti wrote: > > I kind of have a link to ITWorld, but I thought it was an > interesting read... I've copied the first few paragraphs > below... click link for full article. > > > > Asterisk lacks support for enterprises > > By: Kathleen Lau > > ComputerWorld Canada (01 Nov 2007) > > A recent survey of developers of the Asterisk platform, an > open source telephony technology, revealed a surprising > number of companies are choosing to develop their own Private > Branch eXchange (PBX) systems. Those companies preferred to > rely on in-house IT resources than work through integrators, > or purchase off-the-shelf products from established manufacturers. > > > > Conducted by media-processing hardware and software vendor > PIKA Technologies Inc., the survey's results were based on > 322 Asterisk developers globally. > > > > As many as 30 per cent of respondents were building > in-house PBX systems. This surprises Terry Atwood, PIKA's > vice-president of sales, marketing and customer care, given > the amount of IT and telephony knowledge typically required > to deploy and support open source platforms. > > > > "There's a lot of work being done to make it easier, but > it's still not an easy thing to do," Atwood said. > > > > Despite the complexity of building and supporting an > internal open source telephony system, he said, some users > like open source platforms because they are free. "Companies > like Nortel, Avaya and Panasonic have fairly substantial > markups on their products." > > > > Besides being free, "for the technology geek, [Asterisk is] > open and easy to modify". > > > > Click link for full article... > > > http://www.itworldcanada.com/Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?id=idgml-4 > > > 1a2b29a-c3a6-4629&Portal=d10e0410-71d5-4137-9405-6c9adc115df8&sub=1515 > > 464 > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.16/1102 - Release > Date: 31/10/2007 4:38 PM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.16/1102 - Release Date: 31/10/2007 4:38 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
