That's the same as I heard, but sure wish we didn't have to reboot that new box every morning.
> I heard it was actually Longhorn Embedded VoIP version with free > automatic updates if buy 500 CALS and software assurance. > > -D > > On 1/23/06, Cory Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyone have a conspiracy theory or two to roll into this thread? Cisco is > > actually coming out with a new line of gateways that only support IAX, and > > will be porting their entire Callmanager platform to IAX. The best thing > > about these gateways is that they will actually be running an embedded > > version of Microsoft Windows 98 SE (Second Edition). > > > > Cory J Andrews > > > > > > > >> > > I can't speculate as to why their sales of Linksys/Sipura products > > >> > > have > > >> > > been restricted, but as a Linksys VAD I can say we are not under any > > >> > > such restriction at present. > > >> > > > >> > its pretty obvious, linksys/sipura are shifting to selling primarily to > > >> > service providers who would provide service-locked ATAs to end users. > > >> > > > >> > sipura telegraphed their intent a long while back by withholding > > >> > auto-provisioning documentation from anyone except service providers, > > >> > and > > >> > now they have completed the move by no longer allowing sales to end > > >> > users > > >> > at all. > > > > > > That seems to be right in line with Chamber's objective to be a major > > > player in the home market. He's certainly not going approach that > > > objective > > > by selling one/two devices at a time, so it makes sense he'd change the > > > sales/marketing approach to focus/lock-in higher volume > > > customers/resellers > > > regardless of what the rest of us think. > > > > > > That certainly isn't the last shoe to drop in the voip market; wait till > > > the next level(s) of announcements from Cisco. > > > > > > If I were going to bet a couple bucks on this, I'd suggest the spa3000 > > > will > > > disappear alltogether, and a replacement in the form of a linksys box with > > > a faster processor is not far behind. _______________________________________________ --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
