On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 08:51:04AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > 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.
Yeah, and if you cut a jumper on a VAX11/780, it went twice as fast. So *what*, Steve? Are they not allowed to make money? > Any SwitchVox sale I have tried to pitch dies quickly and this is even > involving Switchvox reps on a conference call. Ah. Then if you don't like the way they do business, vote with your wallet; don't sell their junk. > 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. Yup. :-) > 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). Sounds like the best answer to me, for you. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Joseph Stalin) _______________________________________________ -- 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
