[asterisk-users] Microsoft launches first PABX

[Christopher Chan]

Jon Pounder wrote:
> 
>>>
>>> This will by no means be the death of the technical consulting around
>>> telephone PABXs.
>>
>> Er...is not this what asterisk is about? telephone PABX guys sniff at 
>> computer guys moving in their space.
> 
> at least in the asterisk case its all about open standards, 
> interoperability,
> reliability, scalability etc., cost savings does usually factor in as 
> well but
> its not the primary driver for going with asterisk above another 
> solution in a
> lot of cases.

:). When the office location is changed, I am going to try and rip out 
the arcane Nitsuko KTS and replace it with asterisk + VoIP phones and 
add voice mail and what not :D.