[asterisk-users] 3rd party app store

[Dean Collins]

>What could we do to make the AsteriskExchange more effective?

Rod,

I'm not involved with Digium or even Asterisk on a daily basis so I
don't know you, I also don't know your intentions but taking you at face
value and answering your questions - I suggest you listen to the phone
call and understand the reason why it was essential that Digium provide
a central transaction point (re-use of Digium code and licensing
server).

Feel free to give me a call if you have any questions. 

 
Cheers,
Dean
 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Rod Montgomery
> Sent: Monday, 20 September 2010 2:44 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] 3rd party app store
> 
> That Apple App Store really gets imaginations going, doesn't it?
> 
> Wouldn't it be great to just publish an AGI script and see even 1%
> of the Asterisk installed base buy it for the low, low price of $49?
> 
> Yes, that would be great. But one of the significant components of
> the moneymaking App Store is platform control. Apple's is the sole
> legitimate App Store for their platform. Digium gave that sort of
> control away with the source code to Asterisk.
> 
> And really, who wants Digium to play middleman in their transaction?
> We watched with interest when our friends at RedHat launched the
> RedHat Exchange (RHX). After three years, VP Mike Evans said,
>   "We no longer believe that it is productive for Red Hat to try
>    and front end the sale of third-party open source products.
>    It's more effective for them to line up in sales channels with
>    our partners."
> Source: <URL:http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6975/1/>
> 
> In short, what open source-based ISVs want is not a virtual
> storefront, but exposure to new customers through existing sales
> channels and partners. That's why we created AsteriskExchange.com.
> 
> AsteriskExchange.com provides free listings for free products and
> services, and paid listings for paid products and services. Digium
> has already consolidated many of its partnership types into the
> site, to cross-pollinate them and simplify the programs. The site
> receives roughly 1/10 the traffic of Asterisk.org and is growing.
> There's a difference in the visitor as well -- Asterisk newcomers
> visit Asterisk.org; Asterisk users looking for complementary
> products and services visit AsteriskExchange.com.
> 
> Yes, there are fees associated with the AsteriskExchange. You've
> seen what happens on voip-info and other sites when the barrier
> is too low. AsteriskExchange is a business project that must
> earn enough to justify its development and tending. That said,
> please do get in touch with me if the listing fee is preventing
> you from joining. We aim to encourage innovative Asterisk
> applications, even the ones that haven't yet found commercial
> success.
> 
> Could we do a better job at getting the word out? Yes, definitely.
> But we're also cautious about using Asterisk.org and such to
> promote things like AsteriskExchange. (Also a good reason to
> discuss this on asterisk-users rather than move it to -biz.)
> Is it a big deal to see commercial messages on Asterisk.org?
> 
> We created AsteriskExchange.com as a separate website, but we
> could just fold it into the project site to raise its visibility
> and traffic. What waves (good and bad) might this create?
> What could we do to make the AsteriskExchange more effective?
> 
> Thanks,
> rm
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