The question sounds like troll bait to me.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Edward Halman</b> <<a href="mailto:ehalman@myhealthcharts.com">ehalman@myhealthcharts.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">In the beginning...<br><br>I tried both. I found Trixbox to be a very effective out-of-the-box
<br>solution for those venturing into the world of Asterisk IP PBX without<br>wanting to learn about dial plans. I was able to install it and configure<br>it with my VoIP provider and SIP phones in about 2 hours. FreePBX is a
<br>great web interface for the novice. If it weren't for my company's more<br>advanced needs (like AGI), I'd probably never have bothered to go further.<br><br>I also tried AsteriskNow, out of curiousity mostly. I was unable to
<br>configure it with its web interface to work with my VoIP provider. I found<br>the documentation to be lacking as well.<br><br>I have (thankfully) grown out of the need for such front ends and have<br>(thanks in no small part to O'Reilly and this list) learned how to develop
<br>my own dialplans and write my own configuration files to get rid of all the<br>unnecessary stuff that comes with Trixbox. I have version 1.2 running on<br>FC5 and couldn't be happier.<br><br>So if you don't want to learn Asterisk, I believe Trixbox is the way to go.
<br>But ultimately, learning to configure Asterisk on your own is well worth the<br>trouble.<br><br>Edward Halman<br>(718) 705-7451<br><a href="mailto:ehalman@myhealthcharts.com">ehalman@myhealthcharts.com</a><br><br>------------------------------
<br>Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:21:15 -0800<br>From: <a href="mailto:asterisk@911networks.com">asterisk@911networks.com</a><br>Subject: [asterisk-users] AsterikNow vs Trixbox<br>To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
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