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alex,<br>
thanks for the explaination. I knew you could do a better job than I
and brining the uniqueness of the thirdlane marketplace. I am
impressed at the offering you bring to the table!<br>
thanks again!<br>
daveC<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Dave, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">It is great
that you looked at what we
offer and “got it”. You are absolutely correct – it is a lot
more than just branding and minor customization. Thirdlane was built
with the
idea that VARs and consultants need a system that can be tailored to
the (ever
changing) customers’ needs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Asterisk is
an extremely versatile and
powerful platform and our goal when building the GUI was not to
constrain this
power. System extension capabilities were built-in from the start and
are
integrated into the GUI. We also made the software as open as possible
both in
terms of the dialplan and configuration files visibility and the
deployment
environment. It can be deployed on different <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">OSs</st1:place></st1:City> (various flavors of Linux and
FreeBSD),
versions of Asterisk (1.2.X and 1.4.X), with a variety of phones
(auto-provisioning for Aastra, Snom, Cisco, Polycom, Linksys), it is
packaged
as either a Webmin module or a complete CentOS based distribution.
Obviously, this openness makes it harder for us to support it (we are
doing our best as the customers base is growing), but gives VARs and
consultants the ability to add real value through deep customization
and
possible tailoring to a vertical, beyond the installation and
configuration of
a basic PBX. That said, the basic functionality is also there, and is
not any
harder to use than any other Asterisk GUI. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">There is
nothing wrong with Switchvox and the
“bulletproof” approach – we just offer something different.
Isn’t Asterisk about having a choice anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Alex<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#330000" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Alex Epshteyn</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Third Lane</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
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Technologies, LLC</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#330000" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><a
href="http://www.thirdlane.com" title="http://www.thirdlane.com">http://www.thirdlane.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: windowtext; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: windowtext;">
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com">mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] <b><span
style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>dave cantera<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November
04, 2007
8:19 AM<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]
Switchvox Free Edition vs Thirdlane</span></font><font color="black"><span
style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">speaking of the gui being a
work in progress and from
the banter about my switchvox post, I realized that I was so wrapped up
in what
I was doing, I neglected to 'watch the marketplace'. for new
developments... <br>
<br>
it seems that each offering has at least one, probably more, unique
takes on
solving the gui problem... <br>
<br>
when reviewing the thirdlane website, which was substantially updated
since I
last checked, alex offers a unique product that allows a reseller entré
into a
market where there is no way to get into that market with a solution
such as
switchvox. <br>
<br>
where switchvox is a nice clean and bullet proof install for a biz that
wants a
telephone system (like a key system) with an IVR they can work with
themselves
and pretty much not muck it up, Thirdlane offers a gui that the
reseller can
customize and brand as their own and, I suspect, add customized
features
tailored specifically to that application of asterisk and that would
otherwise
not be available in a gui form.... <br>
<br>
alex perhaps you can expand on this, as it is better to come right from
the
horse's mouth.<br>
daveC<br>
<br>
Dovid Bender wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><snip><br>
You are also very right that GUI is "work in progress" all the time.<br>
My point is is one and only: GUI is collection of knowledge, skills and
<br>
experiences and lets not forget after sales service which are crucial
to <br>
successful deployments.<br>
</snip><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font color="#330000" face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Windows XP has been
released how many years ago ? Aren't
they still coming out with fixes for it ? IMHO there is no perfect
human being.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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