asterisk users - Feb 2006 - Slightly OT: OpenPBX.org and Freeswitch

This is slightly OT in that it isn't specifically *-related, but I was
wondering what the members of the * user community felt about these two
subjects.  I've been perusing the OpenPBX.org mail list and the current hot
topic is the fact that their project has come to a grinding halt.  They are
concerned that they don't have enough people working on their project.  They
feel that * has improved since the fork but they still have the same
complaints: the Asterisk core is a "pig," the core is huge and messy
with
ugly code, and finally that Asterisk development is throttled by the
"Digistapo."

 

Some there have suggested that Freeswitch is going to be the wave of the
future.  They hyped it up pretty well.  However, after visiting the
Freeswitch site and signing up to get the source and docs, I'm not all that
impressed.  It's a great idea but it is months away from being a truly
useful product.

 

My questions to the Asterisk user community: are you at all concerned about
the complaints made by the "forkers?"  Or are they the ones who are
all
forked up? ;)  What about Freeswitch?  Do you see that as a threat to
Asterisk or simply as yet another competing product?  (After all, there are
other open source PBX projects available.)

 

I would really like to hear your comments, concerns and viewpoints.

 

-MC

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL:
http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060202/41aa2fac/attachment.htm

Michael Collins wrote:
> My questions to the Asterisk user community: are you at all concerned about
> the complaints made by the "forkers?"  Or are they the ones who
are all
> forked up? ;)  What about Freeswitch?  Do you see that as a threat to
> Asterisk or simply as yet another competing product?  (After all, there are
> other open source PBX projects available.)
This mailing list is not for politics or speculation on the merits of 
other projects. It is for discussion of the _use_ of Asterisk.

We do not need another two-week thread flaming everyone for their 
opinions. Don't start one.

Michael Collins a ?crit :
> This is slightly OT in that it isn?t specifically *-related, but I was 
> wondering what the members of the * user community felt about these 
> two subjects. I?ve been perusing the OpenPBX.org mail list and the 
> current hot topic is the fact that their project has come to a 
> grinding halt. They are concerned that they don?t have enough people 
> working on their project. They feel that * has improved since the fork 
> but they still have the same complaints: the Asterisk core is a ?pig,? 
> the core is huge and messy with ugly code, and finally that Asterisk 
> development is throttled by the ?Digistapo.?
>
Please take your big hairy troll back home. Keep this for the IRC or 
your local LUG beer ranting.

-- 
Jean-Michel Hiver - http://ykoz.net/
D?couvrez la R?union des Technologies IP & Telecom
TEL: +262 (0)262 55 03 98 - RCS 434 273 330 SAINT PIERRE

The intent is not to start a flame war.  I simply want your viewpoints.
Feel free to email me offline with your comments on these subjects.
This is the place where the most informed Asterisk users come and thus
the place I chose to ask these questions.  If there is a better forum (I
hear that IRC is a possibility) then please advise.

In the meantime PLEASE don't flame anyone on this list.  If you want to
flame me please do so at mcollins@fcnetwork.biz.  Kevin is right - a two
week flame war is pointless.

-MC

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kevin P.
Fleming
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:07 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Slightly OT: OpenPBX.org and Freeswitch

Michael Collins wrote:
> My questions to the Asterisk user community: are you at all concerned
about
> the complaints made by the "forkers?"  Or are they the ones who
are
all
> forked up? ;)  What about Freeswitch?  Do you see that as a threat to
> Asterisk or simply as yet another competing product?  (After all,
there are
> other open source PBX projects available.)
This mailing list is not for politics or speculation on the merits of 
other projects. It is for discussion of the _use_ of Asterisk.

We do not need another two-week thread flaming everyone for their 
opinions. Don't start one.
_______________________________________________
--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --

Asterisk-Users mailing list
To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
   http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users