I hope you are just having a breakdown and aren't normally like this.
> > Well, I know I will be attacked for saying this, as cursed are those who > say anything bad about Asterisk, but for an application that is > 'enterprise-grade' as Digium tourts, it has several flaws that IMHO > disqualify it as 'enterprise-grade'. I mean, really, c'mon... think about > it... an application that doesn't support the use of a database for common > location/registration information is hardly 'enterprise-grade'. Just off > the top of my head, other disqualifiers would be: > > 1. SIP subscriptions are stored in memory and cleared when you do a > 'reload'. So, if you make any configuration changes and 'reload' you lose > all your BLF lights. People take this stuff for granted and expect it to > work. > > 2. No common SIP registration information. Not even using realtime with > SIP users, which doesn't work, there's no way outside this to share > location info between more than one (ie 'enterprise-grade') Asterisk > systems. > > 3. The 'Dial' application seem to have very limited ability to be able to > determine what SIP response it gets back from a peer. "Not Found", "Busy", > "Moved" etc. I know Asterisk isn't a SIP proxy, but without the ability to > check the SIP message status in a dial, it makes redundancy very very > difficult. Redundancy is normally an important part of 'enterprise-grade'. > Without this, how do you get upstream redundancy? I have something working > right now, but it isn't pretty! > > 4. DNS SRV lookups aren't implemented properly. Another important part of > redundancy and 'enterprise-grade' software. > > Before you all go ripping my head off and defecating down my neck for > saying anything bad about Asterisk (well CF can, I expect that), this is > just my opinion based on real world frustrations with Asterisk. These are > intended to be constructive criticisms. > > Maybe some from Digium will read this email and it will make a 0.001% > contribution towards some of these things being fixed. Oh, and no... I > can't switch to another solution. The decision was made above my head to > go with Asterisk. It's my job to make it do all that 'enterprise-grade' > stuff. > > Doug. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tue 12/20/2005 8:02 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Cc: > Subject: Re: Re: [Asterisk-Users] SIP Subscriptions > > > > > C F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 12/20/05, Douglas Garstang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Digium needs people like me, if they read this list that is. > They sure > > don't seem to be able to make real-world functionality decisions > on > > their own. > > > > > > > You are so right, how did we do without you the last few > > years??????????? > > By living on baked beans and cabbage. > > PaulH > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
