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In article <DsWdnZkPcsKQN9DbnZ2dnUVZ8qydnZ2d@pipex.net>,
Desk Rabbit <nospam@example.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>Ivor Jones wrote:[color=green]
>> <techtalk123@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:1179458511.819677.180310@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com[color=darkred]
>>> Hi, I just want to let the forum know that TechnoCo has
>>> announced its embedded AsteriskT PBX appliance, "Vdex",
>>> running a technoCo modified, embedded version of popular
>>> AsteriskT PBX open software version 1.4.[/color]
>>
>> This is a newsgroup not a forum.[/color]
>
>And I found that particular piece of news re the Asterisk appliance very
>useful.[/color]

Indeed - shame they didn't give a link, I had to google for it. Only
interested to see how it compares with my own embedded asterisk box :)

.... And it's in the "not quite ready" category. They're also based
in Oztrailia... Just a bit far to send an RMA...

There are a fair number of these on the market now - some are just boxed
up versions of Trixbox, or some of the other (free) GUI front-ends, and
some (like mine) have their own front-ends to them. Even Digium themselves
have an embedded platform that's avalable for deveoper use. (it was a
bit pricey though the last time I looked, but the box looks nice!)

I'm not convinced an embedded asterisk box is in the "appliance" category
yet though, even if they do have no moving parts - I wouldn't be happy
to let someone do a self-install on one of my boxes, although it ought
to be possible, but they are just a little bit trickier to setup than
a Panasonic 3+8 system.. The sort of issues I've had have been to do
with echo on existing analogue lines, and configuring desk/soft phones
for people, and there's a balance between putting a lot of effort into
writing a clever GUI/Web front-end to do something that you can do in 5
seconds with a text editor... And then there's tranining ("OMG there's
a red flashing light on my phone, is it going to blow-up???" ;-)

Gordon