Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-25 Thread JD Austin
Laurence J. Peter - "If two wrongs don't make a right, try three." On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Bill Lindley wrote: > OK so if I want to port my existing business landline 480-947-6100 (in > the original Scottsdale WHitney 7 exchange) to an Asterisk box... how do > I go about doing that? W

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-25 Thread Bill Lindley
OK so if I want to port my existing business landline 480-947-6100 (in the original Scottsdale WHitney 7 exchange) to an Asterisk box... how do I go about doing that? Will Qwest even let me port an old number (which I don't want to lose) like that? Who do I pay to handle the SIP connection? Where

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-24 Thread JD Austin
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > Thank you very much for the update on Asterisks! I have always had a soft > spot for it and am exited that it is expanding into the market nicely :) As > for maintaining my servers, with cornerstone I was the director of IT but > their was n

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-24 Thread Bryan O'Neal
_ From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of JD Austin Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:50 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?) On M

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-24 Thread JD Austin
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > I apologize for not having more time, perhaps to dig up some of my old > data. However the methodology went something like this. Equipment + > Install + Configuration + User time cost + Time cost for upgrades, > maintenance, and expansion/

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-24 Thread JD Austin
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > I apologize for not having more time, perhaps to dig up some of my old > data. However the methodology went something like this. Equipment + > Install + Configuration + User time cost + Time cost for upgrades, > maintenance, and expansion/

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-23 Thread Bryan O'Neal
scuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Jason Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 6:13 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?) On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 23:48 -070

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-23 Thread Bryan O'Neal
From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of JD Austin Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:48 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?) Why do you think TCO of an Asteri

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-23 Thread Jason
On Fri, 2009-02-20 at 23:48 -0700, JD Austin wrote: > And for cost I can put an exchange system in for a 70 > person office with all the clients and servers licensed from > scratch with AD > and everything, including the server and my time to set it up > for

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread JD Austin
Why do you think TCO of an Asterisk system is HIGHER than shortel or Avaya? -- JD Austin Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC j...@twingeckos.com 480.288.8195x201 http://www.twingeckos.com P. J. O'Rourke - "Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them." On Fri, Feb 20,

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan O'Neal
PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?) I too am interested in a FOSS version of Exchange, so if anyone has any recommendations, I am all ears. Eric On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: Craig, I think you are mi

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Stephen P Rufle
Would it be fair to say that MS keeps just enough of exchange or its communication methods secret so that it is hard for others (OSS projects) to create the same seamless integration available using the MS native programs without buying a license for the secret technology . It seems that the $1500

Re: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Eric Cope
I too am interested in a FOSS version of Exchange, so if anyone has any recommendations, I am all ears. Eric On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > Craig, I think you are missing the point. So, not to call you out on the > carpet here but have you ever managed a large enterprise

RE: OT:Exchange good? - And the flame wars begin (Was:Re: new hotness?)

2009-02-20 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Craig, I think you are missing the point. So, not to call you out on the carpet here but have you ever managed a large enterprise? If so could you please explain your ideal concept of how you manage to keep productivity high and cost low without use of any non-free or non-open products? Take Ast