[Asterisk-Dev] 3rd party call control / CSTA , JTAPI or TAPIinterfaces

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Schaefer, Mark wrote:

> This is a pretty big weakness of Asterisk to be dealt with so
> flippantly.  I wouldn't necessarily define the Manager API as an API.  
> It's more of a UI.  We have a number of projects within OnStar that
> require 3rd party call control, and having to custom-build an
> application for Asterisk that raises the overhead associated with
> switching is definitely not the way to go.
You are a 'real company'. You have 'real money'. And yet you are whining
on-list about free software? Go put up a bounty for a better call control
API - preferably with the explanation what exactly is missing from Manager
API.

> If Asterisk gains any momentum, you may find a company like Genesys Labs
> developing adapters for it, but I doubt that will happen soon because,
> again, Asterisk has no real standard API for call control.
If asterisk gains any momentum, we may find companies like Genesys Labs
going out of business.

'Standard' is in the eye of the beholder.

-alex