[Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

[mattf]

Hello,

I was a reviewer of the book, and it is a good beginner book. At over 260
pages it isn't exactly small and it does contain a lot of information that
is not in the wiki, especially on telco topics and a very in-depth overview
of Cisco IP phones.

It does a good job of going over the basics of Asterisk, which in itself is
a difficult task as some of the basics of Asterisk change rather frequently.


It is a beginner book and doesn't cover some more advanced and more
specialized topics, but it would be a good way for someone who had no
understanding of the telco/VOIP world to get into Asterisk and set up their
first test system.

$50 is a bit steep for a book, but I can tell you that they did put a lot of
effort into creating a comprehensive intro to Asterisk with a great deal of
the material being written by the authors from scratch, and Asterisk is
still quite a niche market relative to other cheaper technology books out
there justifying the cost a bit more.

MATT---


-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Cherry [mailto:ncherry at comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:58 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.


Joe Babstock wrote:
> There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk!
> It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it
> with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample
> pages, it looks great. 

And how do you know it's a good book? I wouldn't mind a
review and I may purchase the book (I doubt I qualify
as a reviewer as I haven't yet figured this VoIP stuff
out yet). I'm not really sure a few pages qualifies for
a review. BTW, please excuse me if Paul is a frequent
contributor to the mail list. I just found the method
of announcement a bit suspect (I'm not say Paul posted
this either).

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