[asterisk-users] Cisco vs Asterisk

[Senad Jordanovic]

Patrick wrote:
> Al Baker wrote:
>> Quote
>>
>> "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.
> 
> I don't know where you got this idea but I've worked in the telco grade
> equipment business for years and I can assure you that I've seen bug
> riddled, jaw dropping releases that were borderline pathetic. Besides 
> Benoit's examples of the CSR-1 and IOS releases, ask anyone that had the 
> pleasure of using Cisco's early CCM releases (iirc those still ran on 
> Windows). Maybe this comes as a shock but many vendors actually use 
> their customers as a testing platform. They sell them stuff that has 
> some, more or many bugs and fix stuff moving forward. They might even 
> charge their customers for the latest releases with the bug fixes. Check 
> out the changelogs of Cisco SIP firmware releases which you can only get 
> legally when you pay for a SmartNet contract.
> 
> A reason one might *think* that vendors have this elaborate development
> and testing methodology in place and that their stuff rocks in the
> stability and no-bugs-found-here department is to give oneself some
> piece of mind over the crapload of money forked over for the product and
> another crapload of money for the support contract/SLA.
> 
> Not sure what the term is in English but I think it is positive
> cognitive dissonance.
> 
> /me steps down from soapbox now :)
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick

Patrick,

Well presented ... thank you...:)

I will add one sentence:

"A software without a bug, is DEAD software".


Regards,

Senad