[Asterisk-bsd] so here is my question for the masses

[Aristedes Maniatis]

On 03/02/2008, at 9:42 AM, Richard Neese wrote:

> Do you all think that my daemonswitch project is worth the time.  
> will it get
> used or is it just a waste of time and effort ?
>
> I need input. I dont hear any feed back of anyone testing it. I need  
> to
> know ...


Open source projects are hard work. They often take many years of  
effort to achieve critical momentum and only then if the project  
actually solves a real need. Your project may well solve a problem for  
some people, but if I can suggest:

* there is no obvious place to download anything from your site
* many of the links don't go anywhere
* you explain what it isn't (bloated Linux distribution) but don't  
explain what it is
* you don't give people any reason to download it (is it easier than  
"portinstall asterisk"?, what do you package that is really nice and  
of benefit to people?)
* Most people who want to download an integrated OS/Asterisk package  
would not be Unix gurus and therefore want something widely supported:  
why would they not choose Linux?

If you think this solves a problem for people, then keep at it.  
Eventually it will be noticed and used. But be very clear about what  
problem it solves. Finally, don't expect any help: open source rarely  
works like that. If you get some, then great. But your project needs  
to be viable without it. Look at the millions of abandoned projects on  
sourceforge: some were probably quite good. If it solves a project  
*for you* then keep at it.

Finally, you appear to often want feedback or kudos from this list. I  
don't know what you are working on to get that feedback; I mean you  
might have done a range of terrific things for Asterisk, but I don't  
think many people here know what they are, or why they should be  
interested in your knee injury. I mean, we all hope you get better,  
but perhaps you could be more specific about the implications for the  
FreeBSD Asterisk community with what you are working on.


Ari Maniatis



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