Anciso, Roy wrote: > > I ’ m trying to understand something that just doesn’t seem to > compute. How can companies like Cisco justify selling their hard > phones for as much as they do? I know there is a matter of recouping > R&D costs but when you look at the iPhone with all its amazing > features for less than $500.00 it just doesn ’ t make sense. Am I the > only one that thinks this? >
Hi Roy, Although Cisco generally make good gear, it does tend to be over-featured and over-priced. It's due to two main factors, branding and lock-in. Branding:- NoLogo by Naomi Klein is a good primer (regardless of which side of the fence you sit), see also H. C. Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes Lock-in:- If you've already bought into The Brand (eg Cisco's Call Manager software) you don't have a choice if you want all the features. You _could_ try telling the boss that the $100k+ that was spent on The Brand was a waste of money, that it could have been done for $20k with a mix of Brands, with more relevant features and that you're _sure_ the VP would understand .... but then, no one got fired for buying IBM. regards, Drew -- Drew Gibson Systems Administrator OANDA Corporation www.oanda.com _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
