[asterisk-biz] Suggestion for an Asterisk Product / Service Database

[Justy]

I concur, great suggestion from peter.

Otherwise we will lose readers of this newsletter, and they will go
elsewhere.


Justin



On 12/7/06, Gmail - PC <childs.peter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've been following this group for a while. I joined because I believe
> that
> Asterisk, and the development community, needs to develop a detailed
> understanding of the customer and their needs if it is going to deliver on
> the full promise of open-source telephony. It is deep customer
> understanding
> that drives proprietary vendors success – and we all need to develop that
> (without access to marketing team that number in the hundreds) if we are
> going to compete over the long term.
>
> It reminds me of the early days of Computer Telephony when lots of small
> companies were doing innovative applications. Those companies proved the
> market for some applications – and they were bought or their applications
> copied by the proprietary vendors. Asterisk risks the same fate as the IP
> era will be another era of experimentation followed by consolidation.
>
> I see people using the list to announce products or to promote their
> products/services. It might be in all of our interests to suggest Digium
> set
> up a product database so that anyone can list an Asterisk product or
> service
> (or note an upgrade) and developers have a single place to search for all
> things Asterisk. Heck there could even be some aggregated rating on a
> variety of factors (installation, service etc) to help in the selection
> process. A weekly update could alert people to new additions – to guide
> their thinking and discussions with their customers.
>
> This suggestion might cut down on the amount of email while assuring
> developers that their product can be promoted, found, and used by the
> Asterisk community.
>
> I apologize if this has been tried and rejected – My object is to somehow
> highlight or open source our customer insights rather than see them lost
> in
> the discussion that might be better directed to a database query.
>
> Peter
>
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Justin
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