>>> As long as you need to do things the way that [EMAIL PROTECTED] has decided >>> is the >>> "correct" way to do things. If you need to step outside of the basic >>> parameters for which it was originally intended and do any minute >>> amount of customization, the chore becomes ominous. The name of the >>> product is "Asterisk At Home" not, "Asterisk At A Small Business". >> >> As has been mentioned previously on this list, AMP has customization >> points that provide advanced users the ability to enhance their >> systems. You really are laying it on a bit thick saying that "any >> minute >> amount" of customization is "omninous". I'm not sure what your >> motivation is to spread this FUD but your statement is patently >> false. > > Not in my experiences. In my personal experiences w/ [EMAIL PROTECTED], the > biggest > problem is the learning curve to do something productive in it. I have > years of dial plan code that I've built for various purposes, and it > is far more efficient to take simple, stable, proven snippets of the > code that I've built to design custom dial-plans for customers than > it is to work through the AMP interface. 90% of my customer base does > NOT want to think about their PBX, or control what it does. They > prefer to purchase a solution that is fixed in configuration and > design, but adds the opportunities for them to take advantage of new > technology and protocols when they are ready and comfortable to do > so. We can educate them on what their options are and try to tell > them about all the whizz bang things that they can do, but small > business customers care more about focusing on their business than > maintaining their PBX. They are happy to pay someone w/ the expertise > a few extra dollars to maintain their system for them. In that > situation, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opens up a ton of complexity and potential > security > issues (Apache, MySQL, Php etc...) rather than a paired down, > customized system managable via SSH. > > For the other 10% that DO want to muck about w/ their PBX and control > it themselves, we give them three options: [EMAIL PROTECTED], SwitchVox or > PBXware. > To date, after trying the commerical alternatives, no one has chosen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] They are too used to things like Altigen, which in general > make > a lot of sense, where AMP is designed less for user friendliness and > more for functionality. So, when they see a Switchvox or PBXware > interface, they immediately feel comfortable.
Greg, I am glad that you tried it after all this time :)))) Senad _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Biz mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
