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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I agree, any platform suffers when it is extremely difficult to implement. What we need is an interface that does everything we need and shows what asterisk is capable of, a lot of features will go unused because you might not know the exist unless you hunt them down in the source or conf files. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I trained on an Avaya INDeX switch it had a complex console but was laid out in a structured way a java console that allowed you to issue changes to the system would sort it out and would shy away from a GUI that is restrictive, things such as call flows etc... were done in a very simple GUI, although simple this GUI could do very complex stuff. Perhaps we need a suite of tools for it each specialising in an area and linked together via a configuration database.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Chris Bond [<A HREF="mailto:chris@logics.co.uk">mailto:chris@logics.co.uk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 09 June 2004 14:42</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] NetworkWorld article on Open Source</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Telephony</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> The power of asterisk comes from its method of config. If one wraps it </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> with a GUI one will inherently limit the flexibility.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Then since the GUI is what gets 'seen' people ~may~ take the lack of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> flexibility or even just the look and flow of the GUI to be a reflection </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> on the power of Asterisk.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>But if it was an official addon from the cvs tree (similar to the voicemail</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>cgi stuff), it would make take-up a lot easier =) </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>That way you wouldn't make people "stuck" to one GUI, if they don't want it</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>they don't need to check it out. Its just at the moment, you've got sub</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>projects for lots of different GUIs, what needs to happen is someone to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>consolidate what's out there and bring it all into one official project. It</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>makes sense that the GUI becomes a web one, then it can run on a number of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>web browser platforms.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Kind Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Chris Bond</FONT>
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