Good thing I wasn't drinking anything when I opened up this mail :-) -- David Cook
Quoting Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > But Nortel systems don't have bugs . . . > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Philip Mullis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: June 15, 2007 4:15 PM > > To: Alex @ Kovasys Inc. > > Cc: Jim Van Meggelen; Toronto Asterisk Business Group > > Subject: Re: [biz] Does open source telephony need an > > advertising campaign? > > > > Vendor support What??? have you ever tried to get a bug fixed > > on a Nortel system? its usually a 6 month to a 2 year process > > vs asterisk which thousands of people are working on. > > > > > > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 15:57 -0400, Alex @ Kovasys Inc. wrote: > > > Problem is that large institutions do not just need a PBX > > system, but > > > they need a unified messaging solution (which Asterisk is far > away > > > from -- in my humble opinion). As well as large company > > requires this > > > solution to be backed by large enough vendor who is not going to > go > > > out of business in a few months when something goes wrong because > > > their business depends on it. > > > > > > my 2 cents > > > > > > Alex > > > VoIPGizmos.ca > > > > > > On 6/15/07, Jim Van Meggelen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > CCRA (FKA Revenue Canada) uses it. They are not fortune 500, > but > > > > they're a very large organization. > > > > Sunlabs uses it. > > > > Hundreds of educational institutions use it, from universities > to > > > > small school boards (this is where you are most likely to > > find a good case study). > > > > > > > > It should be noted that Asterisk was not developed by > > hobbyists. Not > > > > even counting Digium, the folks that contribute code to > > Asterisk are > > > > doing it mostly for business reasons, not for fun. The fact > that > > > > there is a lot of love there is a bonus. > > > > > > > > Still, I agree that it'd be nice to have more street > > cred, but this > > > > is the same path that Linux had to follow. No CTO/CIO would > touch > > > > it, until one day they found out that they were ALL > > running it. Then > > > > all of a sudden they were telling each other how smart > > they were for being visionary. > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Stephen Remillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: June 15, 2007 2:19 PM > > > > > To: Toronto Asterisk Business Group > > > > > Subject: Re: [biz] Does open source telephony need an > > advertising > > > > > campaign? > > > > > > > > > > The problem I have here is to find serious case studies or > > > > > testimonials of big company names that successfully deployed > > > > > Asterisk in a decent size production environment. > > > > > The CEOs & CFOs (at least where I work) see the > > OpenSource factor > > > > > as a problem rather than an asset. They are afraid of > trusting > > > > > something developed by hobbyists unless major companies (i.e > > > > > fortune 500) trust it first. > > > > > > > > > > If someone here has links that can demonstrate some case > > > > > studies/testimonials corresponding to the above, please > > send them > > > > > to me. Otherwise I'll be stuck with a Nortel BCM. > > > > > > > > > > Stephen... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 12:02 -0400, Alex @ Kovasys Inc. wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > > > > > As with everything it takes time for a product to > become > > > > > recognized > > > > > between masses. > > > > > > > > > > The way it is going right now, I think it will > > evolve on its > > > > > own. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.16/849 - Release > > > > > Date: 14/06/2007 12:44 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.16/849 - Release Date: > > > > 14/06/2007 > > > > 12:44 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional > > > > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.16/849 - Release > > Date: 14/06/2007 12:44 PM > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.16/849 - Release Date: > 14/06/2007 > 12:44 PM > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
