Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central
Sorry for the very delayed response but wanted to add - the older I get the more I realize that it very often has little to do with Technology. Packaging something into an easy to understand easy to market 'product' is more often than not the key to successful sales. GrandCentral have won business that would never have moved to an asterisk server because even Trixbox is still too complicated. We really need some more off the shelf asterisk appliances that are self contained and plug and play for people that aren't geeks. Cheers, Dean > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex Balashov > Sent: Monday, 9 July 2007 1:28 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central > > On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Wendell Hamilton wrote: > > > GrandCentral doesn't do anything you can't do with asterisk. What it > > does do is put those features within reach of an average person by > > providing a superb user interface for the end user, which allows them to > > self-administer all of these wonderful features. > >Indeed, the success of their accomplishment -- as with most aspects of > successful business -- seems to have been in effectively *productising* > these solutions, and developing viable business processes and workflow > in order to make them viably scale to the masses of end-users. > > -- > Alex Balashov > Evariste Systems > Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ > Tel: +1-678-954-0670 > Direct : +1-678-954-0671 > > ___ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central
On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Wendell Hamilton wrote: > GrandCentral doesn't do anything you can't do with asterisk. What it > does do is put those features within reach of an average person by > providing a superb user interface for the end user, which allows them to > self-administer all of these wonderful features. Indeed, the success of their accomplishment -- as with most aspects of successful business -- seems to have been in effectively *productising* these solutions, and developing viable business processes and workflow in order to make them viably scale to the masses of end-users. -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web: http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel: +1-678-954-0670 Direct : +1-678-954-0671 ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central
- "Alex Robar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ___ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users GrandCentral doesn't do anything you can't do with asterisk. What it does do is put those features within reach of an average person by providing a superb user interface for the end user, which allows them to self-administer all of these wonderful features. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central
GrandCentral isn't about hiding your number, it's about reachability. Grand Central gives you a single number that rings your home, office, cell, etc... And provides a single voicemail box for all of those numbers. As Asterisk users, these features do not seem very "ground breaking" to us, as most of us have got this setup for ourselves already. But for someone with no telephony experience or equipment, it's a great product to have. AR On 7/9/07, Wai Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't see the point of the service provided by GrandCentral. Party A calls party B through GrandCentral. Party B know party A's number and calls party A back, now party A can call party B directly, and party A has party B's directly number. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Panton Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 6:12 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central On 4 Jul 2007, at 17:57, Stephen Bosch wrote: > Jaswinder Singh wrote: >> Think about voicesense which will sense what you are talking and pop >> in a *relevant* voice ad to spice up conversation :P . > > If this happens I am going back to tin cans and string. Hmm, time to get that IAX encryption working along wit ZRTP Tim Panton www.mexuar.net www.westhawk.co.uk/ ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Alex Robar [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central
I don't see the point of the service provided by GrandCentral. Party A calls party B through GrandCentral. Party B know party A's number and calls party A back, now party A can call party B directly, and party A has party B's directly number. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Panton Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 6:12 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central On 4 Jul 2007, at 17:57, Stephen Bosch wrote: > Jaswinder Singh wrote: >> Think about voicesense which will sense what you are talking and pop >> in a *relevant* voice ad to spice up conversation :P . > > If this happens I am going back to tin cans and string. Hmm, time to get that IAX encryption working along wit ZRTP Tim Panton www.mexuar.net www.westhawk.co.uk/ ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central
On 4 Jul 2007, at 17:57, Stephen Bosch wrote: > Jaswinder Singh wrote: >> Think about voicesense which will sense what you are talking and >> pop in >> a *relevant* voice ad to spice up conversation :P . > > If this happens I am going back to tin cans and string. Hmm, time to get that IAX encryption working along wit ZRTP Tim Panton www.mexuar.net www.westhawk.co.uk/ ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central
Jaswinder Singh wrote: > Think about voicesense which will sense what you are talking and pop in > a *relevant* voice ad to spice up conversation :P . If this happens I am going back to tin cans and string. -Stephen- ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central
don't scare people for GOD sake :) LOL On 7/4/07, Jaswinder Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Think about voicesense which will sense what you are talking and pop in a *relevant* voice ad to spice up conversation :P . On 03/07/07, Dean Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ooops did Google just become a carrier :) > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/all-aboard.html > > I hear stocks crumbling worldwide as I type. > > > Cheers, > Dean > > > > ___ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Google acquires Grand Central
Think about voicesense which will sense what you are talking and pop in a *relevant* voice ad to spice up conversation :P . On 03/07/07, Dean Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ooops did Google just become a carrier :) http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/all-aboard.html I hear stocks crumbling worldwide as I type. Cheers, Dean ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
