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Agreed;<br><br>
This conversation does not belong on this list.<br><br>
My reason and primary concern however is that Asterisk be hijacked by
demand and deployed on an unreliable system and therefore gain the stigma
of being "unreliable" since the chain is only as strong as the
weakest link.<br><br>
At 06:41 PM 11/1/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Not to say that all Govt's are
like this, but we employ a LOT of open source. It comes down to a money
issue. But besides that, we still use Windows, and YES it does have its
place. I don't think that this thread belongs on this list. <br><br>
-Tim<br>
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To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<br>
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Linux and Windows<br><br>
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As far as I understand, corporation, and Govt's like commercial products
because of the issue of liability. That is why the Commercial
market and Govt market don't accept open source solutions.<br><br>
What is perplexing about the whole situation is that the licensing
agreements with commercial software 99.9% of the time indemnify the
vendor of any and all liability.<br><br>
So, what we have is the "feeling" of security... Perhaps
Linus should convince the various entities that distribute Linux to
include a nice fluffy security blanket with the licensing agreement
embroidered on it? That way the attorneys can get that "warm
fuzzy feeling" they so desire.<br><br>
I speak from much experience regarding this matter...<br>
The U.S. Govt won't accept an open-source solution even if it is the only
option to cover their ass. They'd rather leave their cheese out in
the wind than cover it with an open source solution.<br><br>
Question: Why isn't there a commercial solution available in some
cases?<br>
Answer: What company in their right mind would engineer a competing
product to a solution that costs $0.00 ???<br><br>
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At 05:59 PM 11/1/2004, you wrote:<br><br>
Jay Milk wrote:<br><br>
Why are you so angry? <br><br>
At the risk of throwing oil on the fire, I would submit that Benjamin was
*kidding* at the beginning of that mail, and trolling at the
end.<br><br>
I agree with him about the "quit anytime I want," but I
digress. . .<br><br>
It does appear his flamebait was eagerly pounced upon. Why would
the Window$ user$ mind the nose-tweaking? They've got 90%+ of the
market.<br><br>
B.<br>
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