[Asterisk-Users] Do not buy "Asterisk for Small Office Setup"!

[Remco Barende]

But isn't this due to the 'intended audience' for the book?

I just started setting up asterisk, I can dial the test message now (yea! :)
) but I have still to find out how to write an extensions.conf file.

So far I found the book on asterisk.org easier to read than just 
browsing thru the wikis but a book for people starting from scratch could 
be useful too

Are you putting it up for sale? :)

Thanks!
Remco

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, John Vogel wrote:

> 
> See my previous email but the book is worse than I thought. In addition, to
> the things I mentioned earlier.
> 
> 1. The table of contents is not a table of contents. The only chapter
> heading is "Chapter 1". It is impossible to tell what is in what chapter.
> 
> 2. The index is not alphabetized!  This renders it useless. Any decent word
> processor will create a better index with a push of the button.
> 
> 3. I'm trying to set up fax. Does the book discuss it? No way to tell except
> leafing through every page.
> 
> Summary - use the wiki, Luke. A Googol search of voip-info is faster and
> provides much more complete, well written information.
> 
> Well, I said in my previous email that a fair price for this book is $14.95
> not $40. I was wrong. This book does the entire Asterisk community a
> disservice and should not be purchased at any price. Do not encourage/fund
> the "author" to produce more such rip offs.
> 
> 
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