T G wrote: > I'm a CCIE and CCVP. I have worked in the Cisco TSBU on both CCM and > Telepresence systems I have two IP patents for the VoiP Lite protocols > and have been designing and building OSS IPBXs for companies including > Google going back to 2001. > > I'm not mentioning any of that to be jerk I mentioned it to say I'm as > qualified as anyone to to compare the CCM and OSS servers. > > The only fair way to compare the two is a list of weights features, for > example if cost is your biggest feature then OSS is better, if support > is your biggest feature than Cisco wins. > > When a customer is comparing the costly (TCO) and best supported systems > in the world with hundreds of thousands installed systems for the large > global companies on the planted backed by 54,000 employees and over $25b > in the bank vs, a FREE system with one layer of support maybe two layers > of support, the features don't even come in the evaluation in my opinion. > > I once asked a manager why did you buy the CCM and he said no one ever > got fired for buying Cisco if anything wrong, If push the OSS and it > goes I could loose my job. > > I would get a list of the important features, because there is no answer > to your question of which is better. > >
What you mentioned above is mostly correct presuming you are referencing OSS being provided by an organisation with limited resources and perhaps limited experience in OS. Spin that into a perspective of a well organised company harvesting full potential of OS, adding its own proprietary software level allowing it to offer value products and EXCELLENT support, then I will strongly disagree with you. In particular where customer solution isn't just a solution, but rather its products and people becomes your business's communications partner. Senad www.bicomsystems.com _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
