[asterisk-users] Radio interfaces for Asterisk - ISO image distro

[Martin]

Well and when their users will request more features they'll earn some $$$
I guess that was also expected.

Remember, open source is for users but businesses are for
businesses... usually unless you're a not-for-profit

Martin

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 09:21:36PM -0500, Martin wrote:
>> Because you're thinking as a tech geek and not as a businessman.
>> They want to build company awarness and sell the complete package and
>> that's why they have their own branded ISO.
>
> Sure. If I were to think like a businessman, I would say that they waste
> tons of needless effort maintaining a complete distribution and tracking
> multiple versions of Asterisk. Those resources would have been better
> spent on supporting users of AsteriskNow, Trixbox, and plain old
> Asterisk installations.
>
> This also increases the barirer of entry to use their product,
> eventually: their users will expect them to re-implement every feature
> found in Asterisk. For instance: how do you install their product along
> with a Sangoma card?
>
> I've seen this happen with BriStuff. It has an interesting set of fixes.
> Many of them are valid (or were, at the time). But Junghanns have opted
> to maintain a complete distribution, and thus increasing their cost of
> supporting it.
>
> (And if anybody wonders: yes, the same logic applies for including DAHDI
> into mainline kernel)
>
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