I agree, seperate digium list is best. Mainly because it will help build business for consultants who could produce growth for Digium.
Sincerely, Andy Hester Consero (817)375-1244 (817)937-7977 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Todd > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Asterisk Lists (was Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Business > discussion again) > > > > > So far it seems like the proposed candidates for new lists are: > > > >> asterisk-newbies (perhaps a better word?) > >> asterisk-nontech > >> asterisk-biz > > > >> The amount of mail on asterisk-users is more than even *I* > can read in a > >> day, and my job is 100% asterisk. There probably is a > justification for > >> a new list, but I think it is less the -biz list as much as > much as the > >> -newbies. Keeping a business discussion on -users is probably quite > >> useful since often times a business discussion can involve technical > >> details of what Asterisk is capable of doing. > > > >Agreed... biz is just a special class of users, but what would go in > >nontech... newbies wouldn't get much traffic since nobody wants > to really > >admit they're a newb and moreso they'd get frustrated that the people who > >really do know wouldn't hang out there. > > > >Although I do like -biz on a separate list because you can also see who's > >offering what, and get help on how to set it up and interop -- > think of all > >the vonage, nuphone, p8, ich and other "how do I do this" traffic we've > >seen on -users lately... > > > >Ugh. I hate trying to figure things like this out. :-) > > > >Regards, > >Andrew > > I have no opinion on the "newbies" and "nontech" lists, but I > strongly favor a "biz" list, since I have held off on many occasions > from posting "I need a provider in X city who can terminate via IAX" > or "I need a set of asterisk-clued hands in X city" because I knew > that quite a few people (mostly "businesspeople") would use the > "reply-all" feature to spam the list with their replies which should > be to me personally. > > I believe these should be digium-sponsored lists, due to the fact > that I'd like to keep the focus of the project on Digium's resources, > to help drive business into their card and device sales projects. > > JT > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
