On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Jay R. Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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) >
Sure they are allowed to make money but don't lie and say it is not about the money, "It is about support". Yeah supporting the company's cash flow. I can express my opinion and I did. Maybe Digium will take notice, maybe they won't. Maybe next they will charge $250 for "conference bridge" capabilities. It's a joke to cripple things that can be enabled by flicking a switch. Your system comes with eight ports of VM but for another $250 we can give you 12...... 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
