[ale] [OT] Are iPhone apps $$$ why Android apps are free?

[Jim Lynch]

On 06/10/2011 12:06 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 11:13 -0400, Stephen R. Blevins wrote:
>> "Vendor Lock-in?"
> I will never save Vendor Lock-in in bad.  In fact,  I love it.  I
> respect those that get away with it.  Why?  Because they've found a way
> to maximize revenue.
>
> You guys treat Apple like the bad guy but the truth is that it is the
> customers who have locked their selves up.
>
> Look at the turmoil going on in the PBX market now.  Avaya is known to
> have taken lock-in to a new level.  They bought the PBX portion of
> Nortel that has no lock-in.  The Nortel dealers are up in arms.
>
> Avaya knows what so many people are learning.  The margins on hardware a
> razor thin and it is maintenance services that keep the lights on.  Try
> owning an Avaya PBX now without a maintenance contract and see how far
> you get.  You don't even have the admin permissions on these systems.
>
When there is freePBX why would anyone ever buy Avaya?

I'm quite happy with my (small) pbx.

Jim.