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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406332521-01042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Yawn,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406332521-01042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You STILL have to reboot M$ servers once in awhile and
malware + 5 nines reliablility are not mutually exclusive either.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406332521-01042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Call me a naysayer but yea, M$ will NOT get this right
either. They have been dabbling with VoIP for years so all the stuff they
are doing now is nothing new, just another evolution. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406332521-01042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>They may own the desktop but a business phone system is a
whole other ball game. If your already an M$ server organization and
that is where all your IT expertise is then it may make sense at some point down
the road. Not anytime soon. 24 months is irrational optimism
IMHO.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406332521-01042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Right now M$ is trying to go in 10 different directions at
once. They want to conquer Google, Set top Boxes, Gaming Boxes, Itunes
etc. etc. and have only had limited success if at all. The #1
rule in Business is to stay focussed. They are NOT doing that and all the
money in the world won't help.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406332521-01042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Don't forget that Cisco/Linksys are very much in the Game
as well and have had a fair amount of success. It is not M$'s market to
lose as they are not even a player yet and there are plenty of companies far
more focussed than them who already have VERY good and mature products such as
Asterisk.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406332521-01042007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>My 2 bits.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Dean Collins [mailto:Dean@cognation.net]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 31, 2007 6:30 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Commercial and
Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [asterisk-biz]
Digium, Polycom, and Netxusa Cutting Us Out?!?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
Craig,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Excellent insight, Exchange 2007 and
MS Live Communication Server 2007 (beta released last week) is certainly
changing the ‘plug and play’ expectation of voice decision makers. And whilst a
lot of naysayer’s out there are going to say MS wont get it right – sure I agree
with you, however Microsoft only<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">/a</st1:PersonName>lways take until Version 3.0 to get it right and
this round of technology (including the Response Technology hardware) is already
Version 2.0 so within the next 18-24 months, voice will be nothing more than a
downloadable module in Microsoft Office 2009.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(as for Digium and all the Asterisk
system integrators – that’s all cool, we just need to be ahead of the curve and
developing advanced applications that keep us ahead of Microsoft like the
current Firefox/Internet Explorer battles)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dean
Collins</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cognation Pty
Ltd<BR></SPAN></FONT><A title=mailto:dean@cognation.net
href="mailto:dean@cognation.net"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">dean@cognation.net</SPAN></FONT><FONT
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title=mailto:dean@cognation.net><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR
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style="COLOR: black; TEXT-DECORATION: none"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">+1-212-203-4357
Ph<BR>+1-917-207-3420 Mb<BR>+61-2-9016-5642 (<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:City>
in-dial).</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Craig Lawrence<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, 31 March 2007 8:53
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> '<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
Discussion</st1:PersonName>'<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [asterisk-biz] Digium,
Polycom, and Netxusa Cutting Us Out?!?</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you
assume:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- MS Exchange (or
something of a similar name) will eventually include a PBX server as part of the
many optional configurations choices (it may require a special license or
upgrade for a short while and then become a free option subject to competitive
forces); and<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">- Asterisk will be
going head-to-head against this product with an interface such as the ‘early’
yet promising AsteriskNOW interface.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Then the main target
market for VoIP installs will probably be your in-house network admin guy, not
the external provider/consultant.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Perhaps as VoIP evolves
and becomes mainstream part of this evolution is to remove the need for an
external consultant in many cases other than the complex
deployments.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So perhaps it’s not the
vendors cutting integrators out of the less complex installs, perhaps it’s the
market itself that’s evolving.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheers<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><STRONG><B><FONT face=Tahoma color=#333333 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Craig
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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