[Asterisk-Users] "open" asterisk?

[gw at adcomcorp.com]

Haven't we all lost sight of something here?  Allison is a person, not
an object.  If she wants to do work for one person rather than the
other, it is up to her.  Code is a different story sure, but this is a
human being you are talking about.

This is a free enterprise, if you want to have a project of your own,
get your own people.  Allison's voice may be popular within the asterisk
community, but personally I would rather have a voice like James Earl
Jones' as Verizon has, or Majel Barrett-Rodenberry.  Of course, they are
top names and would not do such things unless serious money were
involved.

A person does what is in their best interest, and there is nothing wrong
with that.

I am not defending one person or another, but people need to be
realistic here.  I know not what the contractual arrangements are, but
agree that open source has nothing to do with a person's voice,
personality, or any other aspect of a person.  Open source is about
sharing knowledge.

As for the people who would suspect digium is strong-arming anyone,
hell, if it weren't for them you wouldn't have asterisk would you?  And
therefore probably no openpbx either, and we all would be spending
thousands to do what asterisk can do for free.

Regards,
Greg
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jon
Pounder
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:49 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] "open" asterisk?




Guys, this arguing and choosing sides is starting to get a little like
American Hot Rod. If I wanted to listen to that nonsense I'd just tune
it in.

Code contribution is one thing, but by now I would think this bridge
would have been crossed with voice files. Sure Allison is probably
cleaning up doing a little bit here and there for anyone who needs
something small added to a stock setup, BUT, is this really practical
for a business ?
There should be simple application that can be used to rerecord and
substitute all current voice files in a system.

There are plenty of ways a catalog could be kept of files and the exact
contents of them, including right in the files themselves. mpeg, and wav
files both provide a means for storing other information right in with
the audio, so why not use this ? Then a simple manager application could
be used to find all the files and generate a script to be used to
recreate them, a few auditioning and approval menu functions and then
the ability to replace the existing set with the new set all at once
would make a pretty complete and stand alone application.

No matter which telephony project is involved the voice content should
not hinge so directly on one person and whatever their allegences or
other problems might be.


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