[asterisk-users] Using Asterisk? Get on the press list!

[Andrew Latham]

I just filled out this form and it needs some updates...

1. Field for website
2. City?  I put City + Country because I am not in the USA....
3. Other type of use: Building Automation
4. Size of Installation? For those of us who are integrators should we
total all our installations or just list the largest?

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Andrew "lathama" Latham
lathama at gmail.com

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On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 2:32 PM, John Todd <jtodd at digium.com> wrote:
>
> I'll post my semi-annual request for press contacts.  If you have an
> Asterisk installation that matches one or more of these adjectives:
>
>  - enterprise-oriented
>  - government-oriented
>  - education-oriented
>  - unique
>  - clever
>  - large
>  - complex
>
>  ...we would be interested in having you talk with the press!  We at
> Digium keep a list of people who wouldn't mind talking to the press on
> their open-source Asterisk installations, because we get inquiries all
> the time about different things.  "We want to talk to people who are
> using Asterisk to do _________!" is what we get, and it's great to be
> able to have a pocket-full of people who meet the criteria who don't
> mind spending a bit of time talking about how they use Asterisk to
> solve a particular task.
>
> Remember: Asterisk and all open-source projects have almost zero press
> other than what YOU can help with.  We're competing with tens
> (hundreds?) of millions of dollars in press and marketing that is
> spent by proprietary vendors.  The press is very, very interested in
> hearing about Asterisk, but we don't have a giant list of OSS Asterisk
> users from which we can cherry-pick names, or offer discounts on
> yearly subscription fees (because there aren't any!) to help out with
> press interviews, etc.   Help the project, help yourself - put your
> name on the list!
>
> If you've already filled out this form, no need to again - you're on
> the list, and if there is a press inquiry that seems to be a good
> match, we'll pass them to you!  If you're an integrator, please don't
> fill out the form - have your customers fill out the form - press
> folks are always looking for end users, not integrators.
>
>   http://bit.ly/asterisk-press
>
> JT
>
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