www.telcom1.net: Did I write something in that post to offend you in some way? Was there a personal attack in there that I missed?
So basically, just to be sure I understand, you're saying that:
1. I am not a professional
2. I am somehow wasting my employer's time and money by coming to this forum...from home.
3. I am incompetent in that the Asterisk system we installed is somehow lacking some desired feature or set of features that a real professional phone system installed by a competent phone professional, like you, could provide. Please provide examples so I can see where I went wrong and fix things.
4. I was not able to get Asterisk to perform basic functions without a lot of help.
5. My specific Asterisk installation and the server that it runs on were unstable until I spent an inordinate amount of time to make them stable?
6. For some reason I had to 'flash' the Cisco phones to enable SIP functionality.
7. I have no clue what I am doing without lots of help from 'telephone professionals' like you on this, and other forums.
Or maybe you jumped to a bunch of conclusions without having the first clue about whom, and what you are commenting on.
I'll be sure and pass this on to my boss. You're comments are an excellent, excellent example of your professional attitude and ethics. I'm sure, based on your post, the administration will want to hire you immediately. Maybe you'd even allow me to follow you around and learn how to be a 'real telephone professional'.
I was simply trying to say that with the application of good solid, fundamental engineering practices, Asterisk can be just as reliable, and provide the same feature set, as any of the commercial offerings from big-name vendors. It's not the system that matters as much as the people who install it and manage it. I'm proud of the fact that we took our time and did it right. And in the end we have a lot more flexibility, with lower cost, than we would with any packaged offering.
This is a real nice place. Glad I posted and gave telcom1 a chance to set me straight.