<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ed,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The 7960 is already limited on features compared to the 7941/61. Generally speaking, projects in the works now and going forward do not target the 7960 phones.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>/Wes</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jan 12, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Ed Leatherman wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline">Has cisco ever indicated when they might EOS the 7960's? My concern with the 7960s is future compatilibity with newer basic features.. if I deploy 200 more sets next month and use 7960's, will I be replacing 3/4 of them in 2 years anyway with 7961's? Seems like they were barely able to squeeze BLF's onto them for CCM5. <BR><BR>I can imagine Lelio's head popping if they decided to let you forward non-primary lines from the phone but only on the 7961 and up ;)<BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 1/12/07, <B class="gmail_sendername"> Simon, Bill</B> <<A href="mailto:bills@tns.its.psu.edu">bills@tns.its.psu.edu</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> The latest IP Phone Services SDK doesn't seem to mention the 7961/7941,<BR>but talks about the 7940/7960, 7905/12, and 7970.<BR><BR>Is the 7961/41 more similar to the 7970 - due to its operating<BR>system/firmware - than the 7960, at least in the area of IP phone services? <BR><BR>There seem to be many inconsistencies (thanks Lelio for pointing some<BR>out) between the 7960 and 7961, making it difficult to write phone<BR>services that work the same for both models. Need more documentation! <BR><BR>Bill<BR><BR>PS: for anyone thinking of going to 7961 for its bells and whistles,<BR>instead of purchasing 7960 (still available!) - don't rush into it. In<BR>our experience the 7960 is rock solid and outperforms the 7961. It's <BR>"faster" (boot time, response time, dialing time) and practically bug free.<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>cisco-voip mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net </A><BR><A href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear="all"><BR>-- <BR>Ed Leatherman<BR>Senior Voice Engineer<BR> West Virginia University<BR>Telecommunications and Network Operations<DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">cisco-voip mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:cisco-voip@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip@puck.nether.net</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip</A></DIV> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>