Joe Antkowiak wrote: > SIP wrote: > >> Marketing using FUD always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It's like the >> people who capitalised on the fear of the Y2K bug to sell uneducated >> people exceptionally expensive and unnecessary 'survival kits.' >> > > Very similar. I bet there are many uneducated voip providers out there just > itching to spend money just so they can say they spent money on some kind of > 911 > assistance. > > >> Yes, it's capitalism. But not all capitalism is savoury -- even to all >> capitalists. >> >> That said, I don't think Trevor's necessarily harming his reputation or >> anything by doing the equivalent of showing a picture of a robbery and >> shouting "vigilance!" However, you can't expect that sort of marketing >> tactic to sit well with everyone. It's been proven time and time again >> that, while it's quite easy to sell things that way, it never makes >> people feel good about the purchase. >> > > I agree the method in which it was marketed may not have been...all that > pleasant and probably won't be effective, I just don't think Trevor was due > the > personal attack he received. > > > Eh. It's the Internet. My opinion is, if you can't weather a few personal attacks, you should stay offline. They abound.
Is it deserving? Probably not. Will it happen time and time again? Of course. N. _______________________________________________ --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
