Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk and OpenSer support in Spain

I don't know if this is area specific but too me it is hardly ever
noticeable in the IT world when the economy dips.

People will either:

Shake in a dip and hold on to all the cash they can

OR

Keep plowing forward and spend what they need to keep their business moving
like a train, Full speed ahead!!

Many Smart business people have a lot of forethought and leverage these
times spending more money grabbing all the failing ones that shake. We have
spent over 20k on VOIP phones and equipment in the last 3 months which in
turns gives me a lot of work!! So that answers 1 and 3 for me :)

Thanks,

Lane

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From: asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of C. Savinovich
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 3:47 PM
To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk and OpenSer support in Spain

There are always people in this world, for which business is always bad.
There are also people for which business is always good. To be sure, I
would like to invite people reading this thread to post their experience of
how is the economy treating them. Specifically:

1) Are people buying PBXs/voip equipment, or are sales slowing down?
2) Is contract work coming all the same?
3) Are you without work, or do you have plenty of it?

Best regards
CS

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Chris Bagnall
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 4:59 PM
To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion'
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk and OpenSer support in Spain

> I don't think the economy in England is that better off than the rest of
> Europe... didn't they have to suspend short selling altogether last week
in
> their stock exchange?, as one of the measures to stop market dive?

Yes, on a specific share issue (HBOS), which was being systematically
destroyed by gamblers "playing" with the stock market, for want of a better
way of putting it.

I think so far the economic slowdown seems to have been limited to
businesses involved in house development/buying/selling, and the associated
financial institutions.

There seems to have been a certain drying up of consumer credit (credit card
limits being reigned in, fewer interest-free offers around, etc.), but
commercial credit doesn't seem to have been affected. The companies we use
when arranging leasing deals on new systems for our clients don't seem to be
rejecting any more applicants than they usually would, and rates don't seem
to have gone up.

We certainly haven't seen any drop in sales, even amongst the considerable
number of estate agents we deal with (one of them's about to open a new
branch, so it can't be *that* bad ;-) ).

Sometimes the media really does talk us into a recession.

Regards,

Chris
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C.M. Bagnall, Director, Minotaur IT Limited
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