[asterisk-users] Microsoft launches first PABX

[Anselm Martin Hoffmeister]

Am Donnerstag, den 22.03.2007, 22:17 -0700 schrieb shadowym:
> As far as I can tell, the phone system does not run on a Desktop/Server OS
> on a standard PC.  Just the config clients run on the desktop.
> 
> Then again they are using Dlink as one of the 3 manufacturers of the Phone
> Server so I wouldn't expect commercial grade.

Let us wait for the actual implementation before ranting too much - I
have certain, not the best, expectations of any new MS products, but
they might one day be proven untrue.

I have to admin though that the combination of D-Link and MS does not
exactly stand for highest quality, reliable, bugfree products. But they
might once produce a great product.

The most interesting of all this for me is which protocols they will
use, e.g. wether they will talk SIP, or rather "MS OpenIAX" or "Skype2.0
protocol", or something completely new and not just slightly
uncompatible.

Let us see the facts: Telephone systems with more than a handful
telephones and more than just the ability to call (be it voicemail,
conferencing, queues, agents...) are complicated, and in most cases need
to be tailored to the customers' needs. As long as the "customer" is not
an IT-ish company, they will hopefully understand that getting all the
knowledge about this internally costs work hours (and thus, money) the
same - and experience is something that can not be learned in a few
hours of document study and point-and-clicking. High-quality solutions
need professional hands, pals, possibly yours.

This will by no means be the death of the technical consulting around
telephone PABXs.

BR
Anselm