There are many reliable Asterisk installations, some running hundreds of phones. It's easy to stop at a CVS version and build a very stable system.
We have many happy customers running Asterisk. I certainly prefer it to my Cisco Call Manager installations. It's already a much better product than Call Manager. I have always been very well received in this group. The help has always been extraordinary. I had one problem with my Cisco phones that Cisco couldn't figure out in a week, someone here had the answer in a few minutes. Asterisk is a new product, but it obsoletes the legacy products. The documentation problem will disappear shortly as there will be a book about Asterisk for beginning users in January. Warm Regards and Good Luck, Paul Paul Mahler mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 650.207.9855 fax: 877.408.0105 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Cheesman Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 12:47 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk. There are many people on this list that are more than happy to help you with a problem if you know how to ask the question. But if you've tried to keep up with this mailing list over any amount of time, you will see how quickly it becomes frustrating when people ask the same questions over and over again. Hence being pointed to the how-to's and the wiki. Do they answer every question? No. But they cover the most frequently asked. Do they answer the question exactly like you'd hope? Maybe not. It requires some thinking. There are two things you need to remember here. One, no one on this list gets paid to help you or anyone else with your problems. They do so because they choose to. Two, Asterisk is open source. It doesn't cost you a penny. If you want "stable" and friendly "ass-kissing" support personnel, you need to look at a commercial solution. Sean -----Original Message----- From: Me [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk. As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed with open arms. First, you will find almost no documentation on it's features. Second, if you try to ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'. These worthless documents can only be useful for explaining how things work to those already in-the-know. Lastly, Asterisk is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults. With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your problems to be fixed anytime soon. RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
