[Freeswitch-users] Should I choose FreeSwitch?

[Anthony Minessale]

I know you excused the obvious bias but even then I typically as a policy do not recommend my own software to anyone.  I am able to invite you to help work on the project and to welcome any input you have.

Like you say, you will find that Asterisk is designed with PBX in mind where FreeSWITCH has a primary focus on being a switching platform and an application server.  However, the way FreeSWITCH is designed it's more than possible to create a PBX environment just by way of configuration and possibly the addition of a few missing features that are mostly missing due to a non-urgency.  I myself have done extensive work on the Asterisk project which does give me the right to comment on the quality of the code.  I have many problems with Asterisk that have a great influence on why I started this project but I will not get into the details of them in this email.  That said I still contribute to the Asterisk community to this day when I find time.  If you do decide to use Asterisk I highly recommend you stick with the 1.2 release for your best chance of success. You also may want to consider Call Weaver, GNU Bayonne or YATE just to make sure you have considered
 all options.



 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Lucia Rotger <lrotger at aircomp.aero>
To: freeswitch-users at lists.freeswitch.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:39:08 AM
Subject: [Freeswitch-users] Should I choose FreeSwitch?

I have to implement a production software PBX. After some googling I came  
out with two candidates: Asterisk and FreeSwitch.

Asterisk looks like crap; granted, it's working in many installations and  
seems to be readier for prime time. But just looking at their bugs puts me  
away. Segfaults all over the place, crashes after handling a few hundred  
calls: in short, very poor, sloppy programming I think. Maybe I'm wrong  
here?

I like the way things are handled here and I like the coding style a lot.  
I think it's a matter of time FS becomes a great piece of software. Also  
 from looking at the bug tracker the issues don't seem to be like those  
plaguing Asterisk.

What are your thoughts? apart from the obvious bias you have for FS since  
you are here?

I'd also like to read documentation if I have to consider FreeSwitch. I  
see the wiki is incomplete in many places. There are  
variables/applications I can't even begin to guess what they do.

Also I'm aware that FS is a platform and Asterisk if just a PBX so its  
ambitions are greater; in fact I only want a PBX not a communications  
framework but as I've said above I feel Asterisk is going to be a lot of  
pain.

The PBX will have to handle no more than 24 calls through 12 BRI channels.  
The local phones will be SIP and the traffic will be mainly incoming calls  
although outgoing calls will be made also. I've never touched anything  
VoIP so I'm a total newbie.

Thanks,
Lucia Rotger

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