I have to agree with Peter here...I don't see anything all that wrong with Trevor's message. Isn't this kind of how capitalism works? Bad things happen and we figure out a way to make it better, and support ourselves in the process... It's not like he's marketing a hurricane Katrina mixed drink, he's marketing a service that (regardless of whether or not it actually works) is intended to help prevent this from happening...
Peter Beckman wrote: > On Fri, 2 May 2008, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > >> On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 08:38:49PM -0700, Trevor Peirce wrote: >>> I can't see anything sick about sharing information about a service that >>> can help save lives and I'm sorry it offended you. >> You weren't sharing information about your service, per se. >> >> You were using the actual death of an actual person as an advertising >> point. Yeah, it's a bit tacky. We'll be sure to forward the message >> and your home address to the family of the decedent. > > I really don't see what the problem is. It is horrible tragedy that > someone lost their life possibly due to their VoIP 911 service not routing > correctly. How is it so horrible that this tragedy is a good reminder to > us all that we need to know who are vendors are, what their systems are > capable of, and that we should remember to do something about it? > > And what's the problem with Trevor letting people know that he is > concerned about people's safety and ability to reach 911, and is willing > to put his own name and company on the line to provide this service? > > The tragedy highlighted a problem in this industry, and Trevor says he has > a good solution for it. If he truly does, then by evaluating and > potentially using Trevor and his company to fill a gap in your 911 service > saves a life, I don't see his post as inappropriate in the least. > > I don't see Trevor chasing ambulances. (And pretty much everyone on this > list posts either for help or to offer their services to this community.) > I read the email, and he said here's a problem we should as a VoIP > community avoid, and I have experience in dealing with it, and here's what > I do and how it works and because I do it right it could save lives if you > use it. (Obviously, independently evaluate his claims yourself.) > > Trevor, I don't have any problem with what you posted. I think you > presented it fairly, it IS a real problem in this industry with people > offering service without really knowing how it works or possibly doing it > right, and if you do indeed "do it right" then I hope people use your > service and can rid the news of this story every hitting the press again. > > Beckman > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Peter Beckman Internet Guy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.angryox.com/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
