[asterisk-biz] Fonality Teams with Dell

[Andres Paglayan]

On Jan 23, 2008, at 3:29 PM, Steve Totaro wrote:

>> All points I agree with. HP and IBM could be excellent partners  
>> for Digium
>> to go to market with using Switchvox, but they do have to move  
>> quickly.As a
>> consumer, I still believe the Digium business model is too closed,
>> (and the smell of others are making money and we, the creators are  
>> behind,
>> is in the air, so desperation is no good)
>>
>> There will a battle for migration as well, and that doesn't fit  
>> their model,
>> as they don't do other cards than theirs,
>> and that's a problem as well,
>> <stubbornish>no, we don't support that hardware</stubbornish>
>> <customer>then I won't migrate then if I have to re-pay $10k</ 
>> customer>
>>
>> (they might make some $ selling others as well)
>>
>> switchbox is great,
>>
>> but lacks amenability to the masses,
>> which are the ultimate choosers,
>> while you can download the free-switchbox,
>> its capped limitations make it unfriendly for any techie to play,
>> and copies the bad things from Fonality, such as registration,
>>
>> where's the cd download to install it at home (playing well with any
>> hardware) and feel I am the king of telephony?
>>
>
> For the record, it is SwitchVox not Switchbox.

I respectfully accept the correction,

> I have been using it
> for more than a year and have to say it is great and a great addition
> to Digium's holdings.  I was selling and recommending it long before
> Digium bought them.

I still believe the business model is "itchy",
and my point of view might be more "massive (as in from the masses)"  
than yours,


>
> The other thing is that if Dell and Fonality are selling the
> opensource version of asterisk then they will have to make that clear
> in their marketing or am I wrong?  I know the source has to be
> supplied on request or in some form but I am not sure if they have to
> tell the buyer that it is Asterisk.

it's clear on their home page that is about a PBX based on Asterisk

>
> If they are buying a commercially licensed version of asterisk, then
> it would certainly be a revenue stream for Digium.  I hope this is the
> case because it would be win-win for everyone.

I hope as well,

>
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
>
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