Unless SIP just plain does not work, I think it'll be hard (for IAX to get excellent acceptance), without a lot of good marketing and other efforts by Digium. At VON, only a few people even understood what Asterisk was, let alone even had heard of IAX.
Even with IT people controlling things you still see a lack of good decisions. How many people do SSL POP3? How many people use S/MIME? All very simple things that don't require reworking of dedicated hardware or huge industry efforts. My only point is that we can't just rely on a better design to somehow magically win out. Getting Digium to create a standard with input from other vendors would be a huge plus and help pave the path forward. -Michael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:39 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard I see your point and it is well taken but I feel that with convergence you are going to see more IT staff in charge of phone systems. In turn, I see more research and informed decisions going on, not just a consumer following what is being pushed. That being said, maybe I am just looking at a grey sky through blue sunglasses. > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:asterisk-users->[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve > Totaro > >>I predict a paradigm shift, rendering what is historical, null. > > Is this in general, applying to all technology, or just to telecom? (i.e., > will Hollywood ship videos in hi-def on EVD?) > > -Michael > >> >No worries here. What works best will win out eventually. >> >> Not sure where you get that idea, as historically it's not that way :S. >> >> Companies will make SIP work reasonably enough. What will win out is >> whatever is marketed and sold the best. Getting published specs, inc. >> being >> a published "standard" is part of that marketing. >> >> -Michael >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Randy Bush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Voip Business" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 12:44 PM >> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Re: How far is IAX to be a Standard >> >> >>>> what does the RFC's guys and the Pseudo-Cisco IETF think about this >>>> Protocol? >>> >>> the internet vendor task force has a massive amount invested in >>> sip. so there will be a lot of 'guidance' to have it published >>> as an informational rfc. if iax catches on in the market, then >>> they'll have to play. otherwise, expect to have a hard time >>> getting iax on the ivtf standards track. >>> >>> randy >>> >>> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
