[asterisk-users] Cisco vs Asterisk

[Al Baker]

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"Yet amazingly (if this is, indeed, a source of amazement for you), CCM 
and other Cisco software can be just as buggy as anything OSS, if not 
worse. "

This is simply NOT TRUE and shows a complete lack of understanding of modern software development.
CISCO software is developed in a CMM environment.
It has a formal test methodology and uses Automated Testing on EACH new release to ensure that 100% of the software that functioned in the Last Release, actually works in this release.
Further, there is mandatory "soak-testing"  for all new software.
Sorry, anyone who wants to compare Professional TELCO GRADE software development with Open Source is just Completely and Totally freakin clueless.


Alex Balashov wrote:
> T G wrote:
>   
>> I'm a CCIE and CCVP. I have worked in the Cisco TSBU on both CCM and 
>> Telepresence systems I have two IP patents for the VoiP Lite protocols 
>> and have been designing and building OSS IPBXs for companies including 
>> Google going back to 2001.
>>  
>> I'm not mentioning any of that to be jerk I mentioned it to say I'm as 
>> qualified as anyone to to compare the CCM and OSS servers.
>>  
>> The only fair way to compare the two is a list of weights features, for 
>> example if cost is your biggest feature then OSS is better, if support 
>> is your biggest feature than Cisco wins.
>>  
>> When a customer is comparing the costly (TCO) and best supported systems 
>> in the world with hundreds of thousands installed systems for the large 
>> global companies on the planted backed by 54,000 employees and over $25b 
>> in the bank vs, a FREE system with one layer of support maybe two layers 
>> of support, the features don't even come in the evaluation in my opinion.
>>  
>> I once asked a manager why did you buy the CCM and he said no one ever 
>> got fired for buying Cisco if anything wrong, If push the OSS and it 
>> goes I could loose my job.
>>  
>> I would get a list of the important features, because there is no answer 
>> to your question of which is better.
>>     
>
> Yet amazingly (if this is, indeed, a source of amazement for you), CCM 
> and other Cisco software can be just as buggy as anything OSS, if not 
> worse.  Depending on how critical the bugs or other support exigencies, 
> the TCO can be driven way up.
>
> Except with the OSS community, you report the bug, and usually get a 
> quick fix - even if it's a significant issue for you, not necessarily 
> most of the installed base.  If by chance that proves not to be the 
> case, the source code is available, and you can fix it yourself.
>
> With Cisco, you pay for expensive support and get to file some complaint 
> with the TAC.  Yay.
>
> There are many, many angles from which onec an look at this in one's TCO 
> / OPEX formula.
>
>