<font color="#333333"><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Nothing. It's just hard to change the way people used to do things. I'd say if we can use existing FreePBX (version 2) to control underlying FreeSWITCH, then people will be jumping ship. <br>
<br>But, that's just for IP PBX side of business. Wholesale or dialer application developer has been adopting the FreeSWITCH solution instead of Asterisk in general. <br><br>Which side of critical mass are you referring to? (IP PBX or?)<br>
<br>Henry<br></font></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Craig Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craigesmith@gmail.com">craigesmith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="background-color:transparent;font-size:medium"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Some recent frustrations with Asterisk have me looking at FreeSWITCH, but it’s lack? of adoption leaves me wondering.</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here are some questions I have as a long time Asterisk user, dCAP, and Astricon attendee. </span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Why hasn’t FreeSWITCH reached a critical mass? </span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Is the XML configuration that scary?</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">What does Asterisk have that FreeSWITCH doesn’t?</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Does FreeSWITCH need better documentation and/or tutorials?</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Is it git? </span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Would a FreeSWITCH certification help?</span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I want to help the FreeSWITCH project, but I’m not developer or philanthropist , what can I do?</span></font></div>
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