Well, this kind of thing cuts both ways. A reseller I know is trying to sell AVVID and is on dangerous ground precisely because CM is on Windows and the potential customer has had some very bad experiences with Windows servers due to reliability issues and so forth. The customer is deciding whether to go with AVVID or a traditional PBX, and the fact that AVVID is so Windows-centric is a significant minus, and in fact could be the whole basis for losing the deal, because the customer has to know that his phone system is going to always be up without any dithering around. Yes, yes, you can do things like clustering to improve the reliability of CM, but the simple fact of the matter is that Windows has a well-founded reputation for unreliability when compared to UNIX, and when you're talking about phone systems, unreliability is definitely something that a potential customer does not want to hear. Not at all. This is why you rarely see any vendors of enterprise software (like DB's, ERP, CRM, SCM, etc. etc.) that don't offer a UNIX version - because just like a phone system, these are crucial applications that just have to reliable.
""Chuck"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > for whatever reason, Cisco and Microsoft are partnered for a lot of things. > > Call Manager for *nix??? hahahahahahahahahaha > > IIRC the last Cisco management software presentation, just about everything > is on NT or Win2K boxes these days. > > I believe it's called Market Share - there are far more Microsoft certified > folk than *nix certified folk. Try selling AVVID when you also have to tell > a customer that he has to hire a *nix capable individual or retrain his > existing Microsoft capable people. Same for the management platform. same > for any of the security related software products. > > > > ""sergei"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Makes sense, - M$ products need it more... > > > > > > DAve Diaz wrote: > > > > > Remember cisco have no money just $21 Billion dollars in the bank, so > no > > > new hardware for a while, no unix in a security lab that is absurb, > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > >From: "markh" > > > >Reply-To: "markh" > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Subject: Re: CCIE Security Lab [7:17848] > > > >Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 00:33:52 -0500 > > > > > > > >really? > > > >-- > > > > > > > > >I have an official statement from Cisco that says that there will be > no > > > > >UNIX, only NT. > > > > >I was there and it's true. > > > > > > > > > >MS > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=49603&t=17848 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
