> Hi everybody, > > This question is confusing me for some time. From selling point of view > to a customer, calling asterisk a PBX doesn't look right. According to > the definitions of PBX or PABX, Asterisk is not just PBX but much more > than that. My question is, how should I introduce Asterisk to a > customer? I don't want to call it a PBX. > > Thanks > > Zach A.
Good question. What does Cisco call their VoIP server product line? Maybe you could use a synonym of that. It's hard to pin down what Asterisk "is" because it does so much. Can't call it "just a PBX" and it's certainly more than a "VoIP server." You can't even call it a "voice communications server" because it does more than that! Is it a "Communications Server," or maybe a "telecom/datacom server?" I can see it now, yet more acronyms! How about this: Asterisk is an AVCS/DCS (kinda like CSU/DSU): Audio/Video Communications Server/Data Communications Server? We could have lots of fun with this one... :) -MC _______________________________________________ --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
