[Asterisk-Users] Fw: Gift for Mark Spencer

[Gregory Junker]

The horse is dead, guys. Let the city workers pick it up now. Thanks.

Greg

Adam Goryachev wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 14:17, Kristian Kielhofner wrote:
> 
>>	While I usually refrain from the discussions such as this one, this 
>>comment has left me utterly disgusted.
> 
> 
> and while I managed top refrain from this for at least an hour! (ok, so
> I was eating lunch and don't like typing with sticky fingers :)
> 
> 
>>	What mailing list is this? Asterisk-Users.  Why do we even HAVE 
>>Asterisk?  Because Mark Spencer and the folks at Digium (and others) 
>>have been busting their butts to provide such a quality piece of 
>>software.  You wouldn't even have a mailing list to complain on if it 
>>weren't for Mark.
> 
> 
> While this is all true, it is attempting to convert the aversion to spam
> to the excuse of "It is for a good cause/non-profit/someone else who is
> in need/etc"...
> Sure, I agree, Mark probably deserves more than he gets (I wouldn't know
> his personal/business financial position) as I know I (and most other
> small business owners) do.
> 
> However, it still doesn't suggest that spam'ming people is the correct
> way to do this. In fact, it is very well known that it is NOT the
> correct way.
> 
> 
>>  Not only would I love to contribute to this, I think 
>>the whole idea of a hot tub and it being a surprise is wonderful 
>>(assuming Mark can keep his laptop out of the tub).  
> 
> 
> Sure, I agree!
> 
> 
>>Furthermore, how 
>>else are you supposed to contact the 8,000 or so people on this list 
>>(without posting to it directly, and thus blowing the surprise)?  The 
>>"Batlight" from Batman?
> 
> 
> Well, this is a *very* good question. How are you supposed to contact
> the 500 people who want to buy a cheap rolex unless you send it to all
> 50 million email addresses you have on the CD you bought when someone
> sent their email advertising the CD to 50 million people...
> 
> Sure, this was one method, however, I can't say it was the right method,
> nor can I say I know any better method though... 
> 
> 
>>	I was looking for an excuse to pay more than the suggested $20, and I 
>>think I found it...
> 
> 
> I'm sure Mark will appreciate it.
> 
> BTW, It would probably have avoided most of these emails if it had at
> least tried to claim some authority/credibility through being posted
> somewhere (hidden) on some well-known asterisk websites. eg, the wiki
> site (but not within the wiki itself where anyone can edit it), the
> asterisk website, the digium website, the spandsp site, etc...
> 
> Anyway, what is done, is done, while we can all live and learn, we will
> never live if we are still discussing the past in 10 years time. Next.
> 
> Regards,
> Adam
> 
> 
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