[asterisk-users] Here is Step by Step Example of Asterisk PBX System Install and configuration

[Steve Edwards]

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Jimmy Ezell wrote:

> Perhaps my thinking on this issue is wrong.  Do we need to keep up with 
> all the latest upgrades? I am thinking to install this thing and let it 
> run for a long time (I would hope with very little need to touch it.) 
> We are not a feature hungry shop, just looking for basic phone system 
> for 60 people that works for a reasonable cost.

I run the latest version of 1.2 (is that an oxymoron?) because it is 
stable and reliable on CentOS 5.3.

It has the features my customers need and we are not experiencing any 
bugs*. Since it is considered obsolete, only security fixes are being 
released -- no new features or bugs :)

I find customers to be very intolerant of hiccups in their telephone 
systems.

* one customer is running 1.2.7 and has a memory leak that requires 
restarting Asterisk every couple of months. They can't update easily 
because they are running a custom hacked version of meetme.

Thanks in advance,
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