Any one try to install the new GUI for *
Yes,
We have had it running for over a month now on one of our test servers. It needs asterisk 1.4 but other than that it installs easily enough on SME. It has its own http server so there's very little to do as far as SME is concerned. Just compile it and let it go.
It's a very pretty product. Whoever did the design of the HCI has done a very very good job. As a PBX it is somewhat lacking in functionality and we personally don't like the do-it-in-the-manager architecture or the way that they've had to compromise real-time to make it run, but its not bad for a first release.
In our opinion it will very quickly make products like FreePBX obsolete, particularly in the domestic marketplace where FreePBX currently does very well. It also poses big questions for A@H/Trixbox because, even in its embrionic form, it is light years ahead of the HUD interface as a telephony surface, but it's difficult to see politically how A@H could take advantage of it bearing in mind that they are now owned by the people who built HUD.
In any event, Digium et al may have their own challenges in the domestic space. If you want a quick, simple to install, domestic system then you might want to check out
http://www.3cx.com/. It walks all over FreePBX and the Digium GUI. It's pretty, it runs on vista (or XP), it's idiot-proof and it installs in a couple of minutes by double clicking on the setup icon in Windows. No messing about with Linux - it just runs.
Interesting times
Kind Regards
Selintra
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