On Tue, 12 Jan 2010, Richard Kenner wrote: >> And, I'd be in the camp that would advocate getting your hands dirty and >> learn to program without the GUI. You'll learn a lot and then if you'd >> want to move to a GUI and something breaks, you'll have some idea on >> what and how to fix it. >> >> Knowing now what I do, I find a GUI to restrictive. > > I agree. I originally felt I wanted the GUI approach too, but then when I > looked into things in more detail and understood that you really can't BOTH > use the GUI approach and edit files explicitly, I decided that the GUI did > nothing for me except add a additional level of complexity and that I'd be > MUCH better off just doing things directly. >
That is so not true. FreePBX has hooks in a million places to do custom dialplan stuff - I do it all the time. I also link in custom AGI/AMI applications, custom provisioning, custom LCR, and am even working with one customer that has mastered making FreePBX multi-tenant. If you want to get your hands dirty there is plenty of dirt underneath FreePBX. On the other hand, if you want a simple setup that is easily managed, the GUI is fantastic and saves a LOT of time. And if you are a PHP programmer you can easily modify the operation of any part of it. Your comments both come from having taken a short look at FreePBX and dismissed it without investigating how powerful it can be. Now as far as Switchvox goes, now THAT is a restrictive platform. You cannot ssh into the box for starters. Every extension requires a license. There is no support for dual homing the box (my default installation configuration - one port on public!). Another horrid experience. j -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- 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
