On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:43:28 +0000 (GMT), Gordon Henderson wrote: >Interestingly for commercial units, I've had the opposite experience - >I've found that my (business) customers just will not pay for something >tiny that's capable of supporting 30 phones... I did have a look at the >GuruPlug stuff recently, but it's just not going to be sensible for me to >put any effort into it as people won't buy it. Even my smallest box at >150mm square is verging on the unbelievable for some people - especially >those used to a PBX taking up a whole rack, or having 2 or more large >units bolted to a wall... > >Still, for home/hobby use these little things are great!
It seems to me that there's definitely a break point below which very small hardware platforms are really only suitable for hobby or very niche applications. I once ran Astlinux on a Gumstix board just to see if it was possible. But beyond embedded applications it actually creates problems to have such small hardware. OTOH, net-tops like the the Fit-PC2i are really very interesting, and servicable in small producti roles. http://www.mgraves.org/2010/07/d-i-y-asterisk-appliances-a-question-of-s cale/ Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://www.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:[email protected] skype mjgraves Twitter mjgraves -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
