[Asterisk-biz] Peggy PBX and Asterisk

[Alex Pui]

I don't think the box is the same as traditional PBX, it is an IP-PBX, a
competition to Asterisk and that will steal the supporter like Dan from
Asterisk. We don't have to assume him to be the promoter of Peggy, we have
to listen and to learn how to fight back, and not to ask him to go away. 

This is a business forum, we must make business sense, if this box is much
easier to handle like Dan has experienced here (I have no way to endorse his
experience as I have not played with that before, but certainly I will try)
and they are cheaper, than we would understand that Idiom's configuration
package ($750 for the 15 extension configuration not to include any
hardware?) have a hurdle to pass. We have not made Asterisk easy enough for
everybody and we can't cross the chasm to mainstream market.

Of course, if there is no intention to build Asterisk for the main stream,
and everybody here is not going to make money from Asterisk, sorry, may be
we should change this forum to Asterisk-visions so we don't have diversified
thing to say, everybody will then come to here only to cheer Asterisk.

Alex 

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Trevor G.
Hammonds
Sent: February 13, 2005 5:07 PM
To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-biz] Peggy PBX and Asterisk

Dan Iordanescu wrote on Sunday, 13 February 2005 4:43 PM:

> And now the important bit: all you do is take it out of the box,
> point a browser to it and configure the dial plan, subscribers and
> WAN/LAN details (if needed). That's all. Nothing else. No CVS,
> installations, compilations, file editing etc. 30 minutes max and it
> works.    

This is the same as most other traditional PBX or key phone systems in a
very small configuration, as you mention.  So, I have to ask, what is your
point?

> I use and work with Asterisk for more than 2 years. I have tried so
> many things... Somebody tell me about a better box than Epygi
> (price/features/ease of installation and use) and I'll switch to it.
> If you'll tell me buy a computer, download this and install that,
> it's already too expensive. Time is most expensive.    

You are obviously not suited to Asterisk.  Perhaps you should stick to more
traditional telephony products.  In fact, you may be well suited to Centrex
or other CO-based solutions, as they take NO setup.  You just plug the phone
into the wall, and they work.  

		Sincerely,
		Trevor Hammonds

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