[asterisk-doc] I am new to asterisk..Please help me..
Jim Van Meggelen
jim at vanmeggelen.ca
Tue Jul 11 06:55:22 MST 2006
There's actually plenty of documentation on Asterisk, it's simply not all
collected into one place. Even if there was one, authoritative,
comprehensive book that explained everything, people would still need to
read it. PBXs are not easy things to configure; never have been. The
complexity of a PBX is typically proportional to its flexibility, and thus
Asterisk may never be suitable to anyone who is not a tinkerer.
Projects to simplify Asterisk already exist. AMP and AAH (or whatever they
are called now) are excellent examples of people in the community working
very hard to lower the barriers to entry. Still, whenever anyone asks "what
do I do?", it suggests that they do not have a complete picture of what it
is they are getting into. The best and kindest advice, therefore, is "read,
read read". This is not elitist, it is simply the only advice that makes
sense at this stage.
Anyhow, this list is not very active because of one reason: very few people
contribute any documentation to the docs project. This list will remain
fairly silent until more of that is happening, but that does not mean that
we should allow this list to become a general asterisk questions list. That
is not it's purpose, and there are other, more suitable venues for folks who
have questions.
Jim
--
Jim Van Meggelen
jim at vanmeggelen.ca
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177
"A child is the ultimate startup, and I have three.
This makes me rich."
Guy Kawasaki
--
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Harrison [mailto:alan at pabxas.com.au]
> Sent: July 11, 2006 9:34 AM
> To: Discussions regarding The Asterisk Documentation Project
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-doc] I am new to asterisk..Please help me..
>
>
>
> It was a few years and in that intervening time many other
> ideas failed before the internet succeeded. Only the geeks
> can make Asterisk work in the technical arena but they also
> need to document in laymans language the HOW TOs else all
> will fail as per the many other ideas during the internet
> period but telling Ganash "To go away and leave us geeks
> alone" is not the way to do it. Help him and help others and
> all will work and that will beat the Ciscos.
>
> Alan Harrison
>
> On Tuesday 11 July 2006 23:16, Jim Van Meggelen wrote:
> > What you are seeing is very similar to the evolution of the
> Internet.
> > It will take a few years before the barriers to entry are lowered.
> > This is primarily because most people only talk about what
> needs to be
> > done; very few actually do anything.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jim Van Meggelen
> > jim at vanmeggelen.ca
> > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177
> >
> > "A child is the ultimate startup, and I have three.
> > This makes me rich."
> > Guy Kawasaki
> > --
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Alan Harrison [mailto:alan at pabxas.com.au]
> > > Sent: July 11, 2006 9:11 AM
> > > To: Discussions regarding The Asterisk Documentation Project
> > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-doc] I am new to asterisk..Please help me..
> > >
> > > Come on,
> > >
> > > The reason that asterisk is not succeeding is directly
> because there
> > > is no documentation. Can't any of you geeks understand that? If
> > > you look at the Ciscos of the world you will find that all and I
> > > mean all of their products are installed into the general
> business
> > > population of the world.
> > >
> > > If you geeks think that all NORMAL people speak geek
> language well
> > > buddies you are in for a rude awakening. We go fishing,
> play sport,
> > > go to dinner with our wives, go dancing and many other things but
> > > never play computers or geek games.
> > >
> > > If you want to get Asterisk of the ground and that is where it is
> > > at, then get the general population involved and the only
> way is to
> > > get some understanding out there via documentation and I mean
> > > general documentation else stay playing your little non important
> > > geek games.
> > >
> > > Best of luck.
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 11 July 2006 20:47, R. Resnick wrote:
> > > > Hello Ganesh,
> > > >
> > > > please ask tech questions on the asterisk-users list as this is
> > > > the -docs list.
> > > >
> > > > > This is ganesh from india.I have decided to cinfigure
> > >
> > > asterix to my
> > >
> > > > > company.but i am unable to find a step by step configuration
> > > > > guide.What i sthe prerequest and how to configure this
> > >
> > > asterisk and all.
> > >
> > > > > This my envirionment:
> > > > >
> > > > > Operating system : fedora core 4 with GCC and CVS
> > > > > Hardware : Full duplex soundcard.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have downloaded the latest version of asterisk from
> > >
> > > website.Now i
> > >
> > > > > dont how to proceed..
> > > > > Can anyone help to configure this..?
> > > > >
> > > > > You can catch me on messenger itself
> > > > >
> > > > > Yahoo ID : ganesh_j304 at yahoo.co.in
> > > > > GTALK ID : ganeshj304 at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
> > > >
> > > > asterisk-doc mailing list
> > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
> > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-doc
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards
> > > Alan Harrison
> > > PABX Advisory Services Pty Ltd
> > > Ph 02 8883 4602
> > > Fax 02 8883 1794
> > > Email alan at pabxas.com.au
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
> > >
> > > asterisk-doc mailing list
> > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
> > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-doc
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > No virus found in this incoming message.
> > > Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> > > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/384 - Release
> > > Date: 10/07/2006
>
> --
> Regards
> Alan Harrison
> PABX Advisory Services Pty Ltd
> Ph 02 8883 4602
> Fax 02 8883 1794
> Email alan at pabxas.com.au
> _______________________________________________
> --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com --
>
> asterisk-doc mailing list
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-doc
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/384 - Release
> Date: 10/07/2006
>
>
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.10/384 - Release Date: 10/07/2006
More information about the asterisk-doc
mailing list