RE: microsoft lync 2010 Vs Call manager

That depends who you work for! :)

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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Travis Niedens
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:29 PM
To: joe_at_affirmedsystems.com; matthn_at_gmail.com; loserboy3000_at_hotmail.com
Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: microsoft lync 2010 Vs Call manager

So which one is the bentley and which one is the Ford in the scenario?
:)

> From: joe_at_affirmedsystems.com
> To: matthn_at_gmail.com; loserboy3000_at_hotmail.com
> CC: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: microsoft lync 2010 Vs Call manager
> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:03:45 +0000
>
> >Also yes, it's funny how many other IP PBX manufacture's started out
> >on
> Windows platforms and have migrated away because of reliability (Cisco

> included).
> They migrated away more so because Microsoft is now competing with
> them and selling against them in a very tight market, and the
> licensing model didn't work for them- CENTOS is free which most of
these vendors build on.
> In general, I have seen just as many Cisco UC issues on Linux with
reliability
> as with Microsoft OCS 2007 R2. The viruses is a total different issue.

> Yes windows machines can get viruses quite easily- but if you properly

> secure
your
> environment, run patches, have good AV software and properly secure
> windows
> 2008 Server it's not hard to run a virus free PBX environment with
OCS.
> For OCS, The Polycom HD phones are so good in quality, and so easy to
register
> to OCS that having Cisco UC is again great, but for many smaller firms
totally
> out of reach. Not many small businesses have $40k to $100k to spend on
their
> phone system, where OCS may cost $5k to $10k in licensing, including 3
copies
> of 2008 server (standard Deployment, OCS APP, DB, EDGE, certificates,
> # of Cals).
> There is a good "pair of shoes" for every budget and this is what it
> comes down to. Cisco and Microsoft's voice solutions don't compete.
> That would be like arguing a Bentley Continental vs. a Ford Focus.
> Each has its market
and
> value.
> -Joe

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