[asterisk-biz] KSU Killers??

[Steve Totaro]

Michael S. White wrote:
> 3COM gives credibility to Asterisk? Maybe... But my guess is that they
> needed something in their arsenal that can actually compete with Cisco...
> R&D cost was weighed against a commercial Asterisk license for their
> appliance and well, you know the rest.
>
> 3COM = Sales Slump, buy-out/ Going Private
> Asterisk/Digium = Growing like a weed.
>
> More info on Asterisk SLA --> http://www.asterisk.org/node/48342
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of shadowym
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:03 PM
> To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [asterisk-biz] KSU Killers??
>
> Some interesting product announcements lately.  Priced to pretty much kill
> the traditional KSU market if people can get past the whole SLA thing or
> lack of it in the case of Asterisk.
>
> The 8FXO port model is under $900US.
> http://www.xorcom.com/products/xr1000
>
> http://www.pikatechnologies.com/products/appliance.htm
>
> And 3COM just announced they are rebranding the Asterisk Appliance for their
> <30 market which should give this type of product more credibility.
> http://seekingalpha.com/article/48678-3com-corporation-forget-cisco-think-op
> en-source
>
>   

3com already has a better appliance.  Google for 3com V3000. 

Thanks,
Steve Totaro