Hello Rob: I think we have similar concerns. As per the article " Asterisk is a fly to Cisco's 800-pound gorilla " -- what the writer probably does not appreciate is that over 80% of the business out their, that actively support today's economy as a collective comprises of small & medium sized business. What the writer also does not touch upon is that when the fly goes in the Gorilla's ears, the fly can create a lot of agony to the Gorilla.
Most small and medium businesses do not, and will not invest behind a 800-pound Cisco gorilla. I think the article fails to say how Asterisk & other Open Source VoIP products can benefit the 80% of the market force consisting of the mom and pop shops and Uncle Joe's business down the street. For a product to be a success, not necessarily it needs to be embraced by large vendors. Asterisk has given consultants like myself an added value to existing service offerings and also gives us the opportunity to deploy our own line of product(s). Similar to Linux itself, I think Asterisk is here to stay - though many people and enthusiasts may provide their own flavour or icing to the Asterisk engine itself - whether you call it TrixBox or Reza's Asterisk Box. Cheers! Reza. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:57 AM Subject: [on-asterisk] Astrisk in Dr Dobb's (online) If anyone's interested http://www.ddj.com/dept/opensource/193600343 They mention a couple product announcements from AstriCon but they close with this "Still, don't expect an immediate groundswell of support for open-source IP PBXs just yet. The open-source telephony movement is in its early phases—Asterisk is a fly to Cisco's 800-pound gorilla—and most large vendors and customers haven't jumped on the bandwagon." Objectively I guess the statement is probably accurate, but I think the parallels to Linux and Apache are warrented. These things don't grow linearly when a pile of people glom on to them. -- -- Rob Russell http://www.latenightpc.com/blog/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
