[Asterisk-Users] 'Asterisk for Small Office Setup'

[John Vogel]

I'm willing to take it on faith that everything in the book works. However,
that is not the only (or even the most important) criteria for a technical
book. A short list of deficiencies includes:

1. Poor spelling, punctuation, grammer. A flat, hard-to-read table of
contents. These characteristics and a lack of good use of white space and
different font types make the content less accessible. For people that
already know the material, the content is understandable but then they don't
need the book, do they?

2. Covers use of a single X100P card. That is not my definition of a small
office (which, BTW, is not defined in the book). I have "small" customers,
e.g. 6 employees, using a fractional T1. And what about a company with two
incoming phones lines?

2. Content/$: A fair price for this book would be $14.95

3. White space: there are so many pages that are blank, or nearly so. What's
the point? It looks like padding for page count (200). The material could be
covered in 100 pages.

4. Misrepresenting the market: p. 182, "Recommended Consultants" lists
exactly one, www.saww.net, the authors of the book.

Etc., etc.

-----Original Message-----
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techadmin at saww.net
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 12:36 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] 'Asterisk for Small Office Setup'

please do tell what the problem is with the book, all the content with in
the book works and has been tested, by myself and other no the book is not
designed for the more advance users of asterisk but the beginners,  which
one could be figure out by the title  "Asterisk For Small Office Setup"

>
> Any more information than that? I have a copy here as well but haven't 
> had time to read through it.
>
> P.S. Yes I know my name is mentioned in the book. No need to flame me 
> on that fact. I am a regular consumer like anyone. Author felt 
> inclined to put it in there.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Vogel <johnv at comcast.net>
> Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 22:44:35 -0700
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] "Asterisk for Small Office Setup"
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>
> Don't buy this book for its content. It's a waste of $40. However, it 
> is useful to wave in front of my customer's faces to show them that 
> Asterisk is real.
>


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