Alex, I concur. Like I said, I'm looking for the same thing that happened to the xbox to happen to their voip hardware. XBMC is great stuff, it's the reason I have an xbox (well, and halo ;) If in a year, I can get one of their systems for ~150 with some pstn hardware and a cool little lcd display, and put linux + oss voip on it, I'll be happy with MS for getting into VoIP :D
On 10/11/07, Alex Balashov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeah, but it has brand identity and well-defined, ubiquitous purpose and > performance characteristics. Of course, as you rightly observe, that can > have nothing to do with intrinsic merit or the monetisation aspect of > market acceptance (as opposed to the "hype" aspect). > > I would wager there is going to be a lot of noise about Microsoft > telephony systems in the foreseeable future, due to its ability to > engineer it. But it seems to me like a very inflexible small-office > PBX; the moment any kind of sophistication or polymorphism is required, > it's time to look elsewhere for something customisable, open-source and > multifarious. > > And VoIP is kind of like that - look at all the things we are doing with > it every day that extend far, far outside the domain of traditional PBX > expectations. Customised IVR systems, data acquisition interfaces, some > degree of carrier network element functionality and switching, > translation, routing, peering... a lot of the ingenuity of what is, in the > end, a business-oriented Asterisk PBX system depends on the ability to > flexibly integrate this type of functionality. > > -- Alex > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, shadowym wrote: > > > The Xbox is just a PC running gaming software for the consumer > market. They > > have remained committed to it for years and lost a lot of money in the > > process. Despite what "impression" you may have by all the advertising > and > > hype, they continue to be spanked by Nintendo which sells 2 or 3 boxes > for > > every one Xbox. Or maybe it's the Sony or maybe both. Can't remember > which > > but Google will tell you. > > > > The only reason people seem to want it is for online Halo so it's a one > > trick pony. They just lost a billion dollars on that massive recall for > > consoles going dead as well. > > > > From: Aleks Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:49 AM > > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Check this out :( > > > > I dunno about the core competency...seems the Xbox is doing ok :D > > On 10/11/07, Alex Balashov <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Indeed. We should all so be so lucky as to have an R&D budget 1/128th > of > > that size. I've got lots of stuff I'd like to throw at the wall. I'm > > sure you do too. > > > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2007, shadowym wrote: > > > >> I agree, > >> > >> M$ is a blaster company. They blast the wall with all sorts of stuff > to > > see > >> what sticks and if nothing much happens after a year or two they move > on. > >> The farther away they are from their core competency the less likey > they > >> will remain committed to making a good product and sticking with > it. An > > IP > >> PBX is a LONG ways from their core compentency. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Alex Balashov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:28 PM > >> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > >> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Check this out :( > >> > >> > >> I am not particularly beset with the impression that the VoIP business > >> community has anything to fear from this product or the particular > >> vendor's attempt to enter the space. > >> > >> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007, Derrick Moennick wrote: > >> > >>> Looks like just another strong player entering into the IP telephony > >>> world to make sure the world goes this route. > >>> > >>> Derrick > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael S. > >>> White > >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:57 PM > >>> To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion' > >>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Check this out :( > >>> > >>> I noticed this a while back - My thoughts were. > >>> > >>> Hmmm. I'm sure it will only require 3-4 reboots a day! > >>> > >>> Mike > >>> http://www.8774e4voip.com <http://www.8774e4voip.com/> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Saysan Wrote- > >>> http://www.microsoft.com/responsepoint/default.mspx > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> 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-biz mailing list > >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > >> > > > > -- > > 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-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > > > > > > -- > > Aleks Clark > > 941-961-9713 > > http://built-it.net > > > > -- > 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-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > -- Aleks Clark 941-961-9713 http://built-it.net
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