On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Steve Totaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Tilghman Lesher > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Friday 16 May 2008 19:37:59 Jay R. Ashworth wrote: >>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:11:11AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: >>> > It seems any constructive criticism offered, you take as an attack >>> > against Digium. That is not a good attitude. >>> >>> I dunno, Steve; I wouldn't call "Digium needs to 'man-up'" constructive >>> criticism, myself. I'd call it an ad-hominem. >>> >>> Tilghman *does* seem to be a bit of a cheerleader, but there's nothing >>> wrong with that... unless you're an *employee*, and you're going out of >>> your way to hide it. >> >> I'm been a member of this community far longer than I've worked for Digium, >> and even then, I form my own opinions and I call them as I see them. If I >> can't say something because of insider knowledge, I know well enough to keep >> my mouth shut, but this is not one of those times. And if there _is_ >> something wrong with the way Digium is doing something, I also am more than >> happy to put up a big fuss until it's fixed. >> >> I'm probably a bit of a loose cannon, but they knew that when they hired >> me. ;-) >> >> -- >> Tilghman >> > > "Man up" and post some common benchmarks. It is easy to leave out > context and take one line to prove your point. Politicians do it > every day as of late. > > Let me contact Sangoma, I am sure they will do it..... In fact, they > wanted me to do head to head benchmarks against Digium products. Is > Digium game because Sangoma is ready willing and able? > > It is about the money, like it or not. You are going to an Avaya type > licensing scheme, everything is charged per port. The box is capable > of doing more but you turn it off until you get more money. It's like > the Definity G3s I have worked with. The box can do everything but > until you pony up, it is not activated. > > Any SwitchVox sale I have tried to pitch dies quickly and this is even > involving Switchvox reps on a conference call. > > How about if I don't want support and use my own hardware, then can do > I still have to pay to upgrade to SMB or whatever? Follow the logic? > Anyways, the profit margin on "appliances" is way too low. I might as > well sell 3Coms or NECs if I am selling boxes with per seat license > fees and have to hack the box to do any customization. > > They are not being conservative, when all you do is put a CC and then > a button shows up to upgrade, this is the same hardware mind you.... > > Guess I will stick to my DL 380s and (if a GUI is required) FreePBX or > Druid (if it tests out ok). > > Thanks, > Steve Totaro >
Anyways, isn't Asterisk 1.2.x and FC6 EOL? Thanks, Steve Totaro _______________________________________________ -- 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
