<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><br>I was not endorsing a particular product or asking for recommendations about specific products. I personally tried Trixbox and was not really satisfied with the results. The last time I was asked about an appliance I referred the person to Switchvox. <br><br>There were a few other responses that seemed to answer my question. The vote tally so far (both on and off this list) seems to lean towards CentOS, download/compile of source then yum for the rest. For properly configured/secured small systems behind a firewall then FreePBX or AsteriskNow is fine. <br><br>Nobody has commented on my question regarding monetary contributions for FreePBX, AsteriskNow or any other project that helps encourage support for Asterisk. I have contributed to the CentOS project. Their recommended contributions are $25 per installation, per year which is fine. <br><br><br><blockquote webmail="1" style="border-left: 2px solid blue; margin-left: 8px; padding-left: 8px; font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: verdana;"><div ><div class="Section1"><div><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Hmm words professional and trixbox don’t go together.. <o:p></o:p></font></div> <div><font style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></font></div><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color blue; border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4pt;"><div><font style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";" size="2" color="black" face="Verdana,sans-serif"> I have a question for those who have done a few professional installs of Asterisk. Is it taboo to use something like AsteriskNow/FreePBX/Trixbox to get a base installation of Asterisk installed and functional for a small office? If not then do you always compile from scratch or use CentOS and the yum repositories? I setup FreePBX for a friend of mine who runs a small call center and I feel guilty profiting from something that so many other people have worked so hard to create. <br> <br></font></div></div></div><a href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users" target="_blank" mce_href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users"></a>
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