[asterisk-users] Asterisk concurrent calls count

[Steve Totaro]

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 8:51 AM, Steve Totaro
<stotaro at totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Tilghman Lesher
> <tilghman at mail.jeffandtilghman.com> wrote:
>> On Friday 16 May 2008 19:37:59 Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
>>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 10:11:11AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote:
>>> > It seems any constructive criticism offered, you take as an attack
>>> > against Digium.  That is not a good attitude.
>>>
>>> I dunno, Steve; I wouldn't call "Digium needs to 'man-up'" constructive
>>> criticism, myself.  I'd call it an ad-hominem.
>>>
>>> Tilghman *does* seem to be a bit of a cheerleader, but there's nothing
>>> wrong with that... unless you're an *employee*, and you're going out of
>>> your way to hide it.
>>
>> I'm been a member of this community far longer than I've worked for Digium,
>> and even then, I form my own opinions and I call them as I see them.  If I
>> can't say something because of insider knowledge, I know well enough to keep
>> my mouth shut, but this is not one of those times.  And if there _is_
>> something wrong with the way Digium is doing something, I also am more than
>> happy to put up a big fuss until it's fixed.
>>
>> I'm probably a bit of a loose cannon, but they knew that when they hired
>> me.  ;-)
>>
>> --
>> Tilghman
>>
>
> "Man up" and post some common benchmarks.  It is easy to leave out
> context and take one line to prove your point.  Politicians do it
> every day as of late.
>
> Let me contact Sangoma, I am sure they will do it.....  In fact, they
> wanted me to do head to head benchmarks against Digium products.  Is
> Digium game because Sangoma is ready willing and able?
>
> It is about the money, like it or not.  You are going to an Avaya type
> licensing scheme, everything is charged per port.  The box is capable
> of doing more but you turn it off until you get more money.  It's like
> the Definity G3s I have worked with.  The box can do everything but
> until you pony up, it is not activated.
>
> Any SwitchVox sale I have tried to pitch dies quickly and this is even
> involving Switchvox reps on a conference call.
>
> How about if I don't want support and use my own hardware, then can do
> I still have to pay to upgrade to SMB or whatever?  Follow the logic?
> Anyways, the profit margin on "appliances" is way too low.  I might as
> well sell 3Coms or NECs if I am selling boxes with per seat license
> fees and have to hack the box to do any customization.
>
> They are not being conservative, when all you do is put a CC and then
> a button shows up to upgrade, this is the same hardware mind you....
>
> Guess I will stick to my DL 380s and (if a GUI is required) FreePBX or
> Druid (if it tests out ok).
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
>

Anyways, isn't Asterisk 1.2.x and FC6 EOL?

Thanks,
Steve Totaro