On Wednesday 07 Nov 2012, Balwinder S Dheeman wrote: > [snip] > Please do check: > <http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.telephony.yate/6082> > > It is not a fork of Asterisk like the OpenPBX.org which eventually > turned into FreeSWICH; whereas the FreeSWITCH again is a completely > re-written alternative. > > I do not intend to initiate a war; but am talking about FLOSS > (Free/Libre Open Source) alternatives; forget to mention the > FreeSWITCH in my earlier post, indeed. > > IMHO, All these, the Asterisk, the FreeSWITCH and the Yate fulfill > difference design goals, but almost same functionality while one of > these might be more suitable for a particular scenario and, or > environment.
I deploy Asterisk for the same reason that I still use Sendmail as the MTA for those clients who need large mailers: - It's been around for donkey's years -- the technology is tried and tested - Flaws are (mostly) known and workarounds public - Huge developer community - Availability of III-party extensions to do almost anything you need from the system - Vibrant and responsive community so problem-solving, patches, etc. are easily available Sure, there are better (subjectively speaking) alternatives around, but then, If It Ain't Broken, Don't Fix It. Sendmail's been working for me for over 20 years, Asterisk for nearly 10, so I happily stand in the Way of Progress and continue using antediluvian packages. Also, the desire to use something just because it's new and shiny just isn't there anymore... hey, my desktop is Debian! Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || [email protected] || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
