[Asterisk-Dev] Apologies

Bruce Ferrell bferrell at baywinds.org
Tue Aug 19 06:21:39 MST 2003


And on re-reading my last two posts, I may have too strongly stated my 
position.  Right now, I'm over worked and over stressed.

My apologies to all for offense if taken by any.

Brian Capouch wrote:
> Bruce Ferrell wrote:
> 
>>
>> I, for one, am sick to death of the "strong personalities" infesting 
>> VoIP.  I have yet to get a straight answer from even one of the gurus 
>> on what's right and/or wrong.  I'm not interested in supporting one 
>> camp or another... One product or another... I want to see all this 
>> stuff work together.  Ethernet does... Telephone stuff does.  VoIP 
>> seems to be broken up into little bitty fiefdoms of gurus trying to 
>> make sure that none of the others get's an edge and holding the 
>> community hostage.
>>
> 
> Jiminy Christmas, dude.
> 
> If I saw one of the other prime movers of VoIP software taking on one of 
> the others like you do here, I might consider the attack justified.  Who 
> are you?
> 
> Yes, there are a lot of strong personalities involved in VoIP, just like 
> there are a lot of strong personalities in many of the other areas of 
> emerging technology I try to keep up with.  It goes with the territory.
> 
> My advice to you would be to take a chill pill for a few years.  Maybe 
> you could do some ASP development, or better, get involved in 
> .NET--monopolistic  control of the technology means you won't have to 
> deal with the personalities, the uncertainty, the competing ideas in the 
> marketplace.  IMO you aren't cut out for this particular segment of the 
> industry.  Come back when all the fun is over, and the technology is as 
> mature as TDM or Ethernet.
> 
> BTW I have four Quicknet cards that I have been trying to use with 
> various VoIP technologies over the last three years with only the most 
> modest degree of success.  Basically, they're overpriced junk.
> 
> Why don't you support Asterisk, and buy Digium?
> 
> B.
> 
> 
> 
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