[asterisk-biz] Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk servers?

[Nitzan Kon]

If you want an honest opinion... ;)

Anonymous statistics take bandwidth and resources, not to mention 
may be a security risk (you never know how people may use sniffed 
data!). If you add a statistics module to *, please make sure there
is an easy way to TURN IT OFF... :P

What would be the benefit of having it on, anyway?

Thanks!

  -- Nitzan

--- On Fri, 5/16/08, Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:

> From: Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk servers?
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com, "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Date: Friday, May 16, 2008, 8:01 AM
> Ok guys I'm only going to leave this survey up for a few
> more days;
> 
>  
> 
> Click this link and answer what you think - it's only 4
> questions and
> will take you less than 30 seconds to answer.
> 
> http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613 
> 
>  
> 
> Lets support the Asterisk community and get an honest
> opinion on what
> people think about anonymous statistics.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Dean 
> 
>  
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	
> ________________________________
> 
> 
> 	From: Dean Collins 
> 	Sent: Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:19 PM
> 	To: Asterisk Users List (asterisk-users at lists.digium.com)
> 	Subject: Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk
> servers?
> 
> 	I think it would be great for someone to write a small
> 'anonymous collection module' that an Asterisk
> sys-admin could download
> and install on their asterisk server which uploaded the
> stats to a
> community website where the data was anonymous but still
> valuable for
> the community.
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	Even if it just collected number of new installations
> globally
> this would be a huge help to people selling asterisk to
> their customers
> who continually ask "I've heard about this
> Asterisk open source stuff
> but how many are there installed globally anyway?"
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	So this survey is to gauge the community's reaction to
> the
> development of an analytics tool like this. Please answer
> with your
> honest thoughts so we can gauge demand within the community
> for this
> tool.
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	If people respond to this survey and show interest in
> sharing
> their information with the community then something
> we'll put together a
> working group to establish design parameters etc but for
> the moment just
> go here and vote if you think this is a good idea or not
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613 
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	Remember this Asterisk community analytics tool will only
> collect anonymous information. 
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	Potential analytics may include - eg. How many ip handsets
> does
> your Asterisk server have connected, but it will never
> collect their IP
> addresses or personal information/passwords etc. You will
> be able to see
> what information is being collected in a text file before
> it uploads and
> will be able to control all stats it collects.
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	 
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Dean_______________________________________________
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