Leif Madsen wrote: > On 9/20/05, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Leif Madsen wrote: >>> The commercial version is based on the open source version - >>> anything thats in the business edition is also in the open >>> source version - in fact, the business edition has "less" >>> than the open source version. So this point is irrelevant. >> >> But we already know that Polycoms work with Asterisk, so what >> does this give us that we don't already have? > > That future versions will at least be tested against an > Asterisk code base before being released - this version might > work, but at least we know that future versions will continue > to work. I know that if I upgrade my Polycom firmware > sometime in the future that it will
Well, OK, but it's SIP, so if one of the two suddenly stop working, the problem is probably deeper than whatever interoperability testing has taken place. >> I contend that my point remains relevant. Polycom is *not* >> saying that thair phones work with Asterisk, only with ABE. >> The fact that the two softwares are (nearly) identical is >> irrelevant from Polycom's perspective. > > But if it works with ABE, then by association it should work > with the open-source code base since ABE is based off of the > open-source version. We're talking the SIP channel here, and > I only know of one person who is actively working on the SIP > channel - and he doesn't work at Digium - thus any changes to > the SIP channel go into the open-source version, and if those > changes are wanted in ABE, they must be pulled from there (as > opposed to the other way around). If it's *SIP*, then by extension it should work with *any* version of *any* system that also supports SIP. > Oh and on this point: > > 1. You'll likely have to be an authorized Digium reseller to > get access to Polycom's firmware > > How is this any different than the other phones? You need to > have a Cisco account to be able to get the firmware from them > - and I don't currently see a place to download the Polycom > firmware from their website, so I'm not sure what is changing > here. And, whether ethical or not, people don't seem to have > a problem obtaining the firmware for phones anyways. Heck, I > think the wiki lists a website that is distributing the > Polycom firmware. My point exactly. This announcement doesn't change anything. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.3/106 - Release Date: 19/09/2005
