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

[Steven Critchfield]

On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 12:06, Andy Hester wrote:
> I agree, seperate digium list is best.  Mainly because it will help build
> business for consultants who could produce growth for Digium.

The problem with a list for this type of information is that a new
subscriber will not have information in front of them quickly unless
people are answering the questions. The information about businesses
that support asterisk either through installs or service is for the most
part static and better suited to maybe a few pages on the Wiki. 

After that, most other business related questions could easily be
handled here. 

I admit I may be blind concerning some aspect of discussion you have
felt shouldn't take place on this list, or couldn't be addressed by a
web page tightly linked with the documentation. If so please enlighten
me so we are on the same page.

> > -----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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