|
First of all - journalists always a short list of people that they call
when they need an opinion, reaction on something. Once you are on the
list and are known, they will always call you. Why waste time with someone new? But more than that, Jeff has spent the last 10 years doing 2 main things - building the VoIP industry as a community and developing relationships with the outside world. In that aspect he has probably done more than anybody else. Activities like the VON coalition, petitions to the FCC, founding FWD etc. have helped represent the VoIP industry in a positive way. His VON shows are the place to go to make deals in the VoIP space. So is he the "end-all-be-all voip expert" as you write - No. But he is the public face of the VoIP industry. Mark Spencer on the other hand revolutionized and popularized the use of open source telephony for PBXes. Is he VoIP only? No. Has he spent all the time and effort that Jeff has on building relationships and representing the industry - No. So while we owe a lot to Mark, he hasn't promoted the industry or himself as much, so the reporters don't call him n wrote: I've always wondered... what exactly did Jeff Pulver do to be awarded this God-like status in the tech media? Don't get me wrong, I don't know him, or anything about him other than what I read online in the media... and I don't have any personal problem with him. But I constantly see him quoted as the "end-all-be-all voip expert" that the reporters seem to bow down to and kiss his feet. I know he's been in the industry for a long time, and he has done some important stuff (like FWD), but what did he do to earn such praise and high regard over everyone else?Personally, I think Mark Spencer has done far more good for the advancement of VOIP and telephony projects by small companies than Jeff Pulver or anyone else for that matter, yet he gets maybe a fraction of the attention and admiration that Jeff does. What exactly am I missing here? It's not meant as a negative, just a "trying to understand". -- Nick On Wed, 23 May 2007, Dean Collins wrote:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally I don't think you have really tried all that hard - they've always been very responsive to my needs and I think they are a super company for the voip industry. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz- [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2007 5:27 PM To: 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion' Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] PulverMedia Where to? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Steve |
_______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
