asterisk users - Sep 2003 - Asterisk vs. Vocal (Vovida) vs. Bayonne

Folks,

I love Asterisk, have been using it for a while now.  I'd like to know if
anyone has some good comparison points on Asterisk vs. Vocal (Vovida) vs.
GNU Bayonne.  I know only a little about the later two.

Also, one drawback I've hard about Asterisk (not for me, but for general
consumption/deployment) is easy of configuration -- people like GUIs.  They
want point-n-click.  I'm a "vi" guy with CLI preferences.  Gastman
handles
monitoring (astman too) but it doesn't handle the configuration piece (that
I see?)

I've seen some rumors/proof of concepts to PHP web-based front end to
configuration?  (Basically create and extension, voicemail box, etc.. -- I
know it would be fairly trivial, but... Has anyone tackled that?)

Thanks,
Lenny

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On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 09:43, asterisk@icus.com wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I love Asterisk, have been using it for a while now.  I'd like to know
if
> anyone has some good comparison points on Asterisk vs. Vocal (Vovida) vs.
> GNU Bayonne.  I know only a little about the later two.
search the archive with google. It is there already. 
> Also, one drawback I've hard about Asterisk (not for me, but for
general
> consumption/deployment) is easy of configuration -- people like GUIs.  They
> want point-n-click.  I'm a "vi" guy with CLI preferences. 
Gastman handles
> monitoring (astman too) but it doesn't handle the configuration piece
(that
> I see?)
PBX configuration is not for a "point and drool idiot". You must make
intelligent considerations for call volume, deployment of equipment to
satisfy needs, and understanding of how adding extensions in one area
changes what is available in others unless it is segregated
appropriately.    
> I've seen some rumors/proof of concepts to PHP web-based front end to
> configuration?  (Basically create and extension, voicemail box, etc.. -- I
> know it would be fairly trivial, but... Has anyone tackled that?)
It is possible to do it, it is possible to make a generic extension
logic that allows extensions to be made simply by creating a voice
mailbox. But see above comment on why that isn't really a good thing to
do. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch@basesys.com>