Asterisk Lists (was Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Business discussion again)

[Andy Hester]

I agree, seperate digium list is best.  Mainly because it will help build
business for consultants who could produce growth for Digium.

Sincerely,
Andy Hester
Consero
(817)375-1244
(817)937-7977

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of John Todd
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:59 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: Asterisk Lists (was Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk Business
> discussion again)
>
>
> >  > So far it seems like the proposed candidates for new lists are:
> >
> >>  asterisk-newbies (perhaps a better word?)
> >>  asterisk-nontech
> >>  asterisk-biz
> >
> >>  The amount of mail on asterisk-users is more than even *I*
> can read in a
> >>  day, and my job is 100% asterisk.  There probably is a
> justification for
> >>  a new list, but I think it is less the -biz list as much as
> much as the
> >>  -newbies.  Keeping a business discussion on -users is probably quite
> >>  useful since often times a business discussion can involve technical
> >>  details of what Asterisk is capable of doing.
> >
> >Agreed...  biz is just a special class of users, but what would go in
> >nontech...  newbies wouldn't get much traffic since nobody wants
> to really
> >admit they're a newb and moreso they'd get frustrated that the people who
> >really do know wouldn't hang out there.
> >
> >Although I do like -biz on a separate list because you can also see who's
> >offering what, and get help on how to set it up and interop --
> think of all
> >the vonage, nuphone, p8, ich and other "how do I do this" traffic we've
> >seen on -users lately...
> >
> >Ugh.  I hate trying to figure things like this out.  :-)
> >
> >Regards,
> >Andrew
>
> I have no opinion on the "newbies"  and "nontech" lists, but I
> strongly favor a "biz" list, since I have held off on many occasions
> from posting "I need a provider in X city who can terminate via IAX"
> or "I need a set of asterisk-clued hands in X city" because I knew
> that quite a few people (mostly "businesspeople") would use the
> "reply-all" feature to spam the list with their replies which should
> be to me personally.
>
> I believe these should be digium-sponsored lists, due to the fact
> that I'd like to keep the focus of the project on Digium's resources,
> to help drive business into their card and device sales projects.
>
> JT
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