[asterisk-users] Upgraded to 1.4.18 (from 1.2.27) and channels dropping on Zaptel and SIP

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 02:58:31PM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:
> I am a user and a high level integrator, none of what you mention
> applies to me.  Maybe in a lab if I had time...

If you are a high-level integrator, then it seems to me you make direct
profit off the backs of the developers you decline to support.

> I run multi million dollar call centers and very demanding PBXs, it is
> not in customer's best interest to run buggy code, therefore it is
> also not in my best interest.

Rockwell Galaxy's are great stuff.

> It is a similar relationship to corporations and their stockholders,
> the corp must do what is in the best interest of the shareholder.  I
> like to call it good business, none of this rebooting daily, weekly,
> monthly crap.
> 
> Maybe if you lost $26k/hr due to outages, you might feel differently....

Yup.  And if I had lots of outages and that was an issue, I might run a
Galaxy and pay the price.  But in fact, not such a problem.

> Asterisk is a loss leader for the hardware (cards, appliances,
> support, ABE) that is why it is free.  Otherwise Asterisk would be
> vaporware.

Well, most of our cards are Sangomas, actually.

> Anyways, Asterisk has many costs but I guess you never took Econ 101
> or above in college.

Clearly, *you* failed reading comprehension.  :-)

My entire point was that there are many different costs -- and that you
were shirking the most important one I could see.

> I have brought Asterisk to the attention of CSC, The US State Dept,
> large corporations, and foreign governments, is that some form of
> contribution to the community?  I think promotion is a full time job
> in some outfits.

Sure.

Everyone contributes something different.   And thanks.

:-)

> By the way, I use the best components to build my systems and my
> consulting fee is pretty nice, so you are right, nothing is free.

See?  We're in violent agreement.

Cheers,
-- jra
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