[Asterisk-Users] Fw: Gift for Mark Spencer

[Voip Business]

Guys,,, question 

WHAT HAPPENS IF THE HOT-TUB IS NOT COMPLETED?

I All ready colaborate,,, anyway


regards

Humberto



On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:20:22 -0600 (CST), Joe Greco <jgreco at ns.sol.net> wrote:
> >       What mailing list is this? Asterisk-Users.
> 
> The request wasn't made on the mailing list.  It was made via direct spam.
> If it were made on the mailing list and conformed to whatever posting
> guidelines might exist, then it'd be fine.
> 
> 
> 
> > 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.  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).  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?
> 
> Principles are an interesting thing.
> 
> You can tell a lot about people by whether they actually live by them or
> if they only pay them lip service.
> 
> Spam doesn't become okay just because you're doing ${THING}.  For any value
> of ${THING}.  If you're sending bulk quantities of unsolicited mail, you
> are spamming.  That's a fact.  Check your ISP TOS.  It doesn't say "You
> can't spam unless you are doing it to send solicitations for money for a
> gift for Mark Spencer."
> 
> What happens next week when someone gets the bright idea to solicit a few
> million people for a $1 donation for the "Buy Linus Torvalds a Hot Tub"
> fund?  Is that somehow OK, then?  What about the "Buy Bill Gates a Skunk"
> fund?
> 
> Think about that question very carefully before you reply.
> 
> Because if you think that the spam being discussed is okay, and you say
> you don't like spam, well, there's a little conflict there.
> 
> 
> 
> ... JG
> --
> Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
> "We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
> won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN)
> With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.
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