what does everyone think about the Nortel/Microsoft partnership?

[breakbuddy1]

i am curious to see where this will end up going..

 

[gregdeike]

Give the track record of Microsoft crashes, it sort of makes me scared to see this partnership in place. Given the fact the Cisco is going away from Microsoft to a Linux platform. Is this the correct thing for Nortel to do? Time will tell in my eyes. Will this catch Nortel in a loop that they can not get out of? It will be interesting to see what happens and what type of platform the two come up with. Who is prepared to be Microsoft certified along with being Nortel certified? It is not getting easier for the techs on the lines that have to work with the equipment on a day to day schedule. Any other thoughts?

 

[johnpoole]

the only thing i can add is, the job is not going to get any eaiser.. i'm sure if bill has his way the cli interface will die, just like dos did.. 90 percent chance microsoft has bigger plans for the voip side and can't spell tdm.. celluar phones work 90 percent of the time, cisco phones work 90 percent of the time, why worry about the future..

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[Johnthephoneguy]

i don't think is such a big deal, nortel has been working with Microsoft for years, the BCM is a good example. I think this was moer hype to get both companies in the news more than it was a revelation of anything.

 

[johnpoole]

you may be right, the symposium and the pilot used eng from both companies.. just not a big mr gates fan

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[brewerdude]

Gates has got an Option 11C in his house. Needed additional support.

 

[Johnthephoneguy]

I just had a nightmare ( yeah I was daydreaming at work) maybe this is the first step that Nortel is going to move technical support to India like Microsoft has done!

 

[TAnselm]

You must be living in the past... Tech support is already there. Anyway, as stated microsoft and nortel have worked together on alot of projects already. I would like to see microsoft and nortel work more closely. You can say what you want about old Bill Gates, but he currently is the richest man in the world on the profits of Microsoft. Just think if Nortel could earn those kind of profits....

 

[Johnthephoneguy]

I must be lucky then because all the M-1 techs I have dealt with are still here in the US.

 

[hawks]

I've talked to a couple north of the border

 

[NARSBARS]

Spoke to a Nortel Senior rep.
"We will be looking to provide MCS5100, type of functionality with software".
I have 5 years to go to retire, my legacy hardware will last that long.

johnpoole is right "celluar phones work 90 percent of the time, cisco phones work 90 percent of the time, why worry about the future" and don't forget, tech support is a cost center, not a profit maker.

NARSBARS

 

[GHTROUT]

Poke aroud every other large telecom providers web site, and I think similar "big announcements with Nortel" will be prominantly displayed

However, I still think they did a good thing

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