If you want an honest opinion... ;) Anonymous statistics take bandwidth and resources, not to mention may be a security risk (you never know how people may use sniffed data!). If you add a statistics module to *, please make sure there is an easy way to TURN IT OFF... :P
What would be the benefit of having it on, anyway? Thanks! -- Nitzan --- On Fri, 5/16/08, Dean Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Dean Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk > servers? > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" > <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, May 16, 2008, 8:01 AM > Ok guys I'm only going to leave this survey up for a few > more days; > > > > Click this link and answer what you think - it's only 4 > questions and > will take you less than 30 seconds to answer. > > http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613 > > > > Lets support the Asterisk community and get an honest > opinion on what > people think about anonymous statistics. > > > > Cheers, > Dean > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Dean Collins > Sent: Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:19 PM > To: Asterisk Users List ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Subject: Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk > servers? > > I think it would be great for someone to write a small > 'anonymous collection module' that an Asterisk > sys-admin could download > and install on their asterisk server which uploaded the > stats to a > community website where the data was anonymous but still > valuable for > the community. > > > > Even if it just collected number of new installations > globally > this would be a huge help to people selling asterisk to > their customers > who continually ask "I've heard about this > Asterisk open source stuff > but how many are there installed globally anyway?" > > > > So this survey is to gauge the community's reaction to > the > development of an analytics tool like this. Please answer > with your > honest thoughts so we can gauge demand within the community > for this > tool. > > > > If people respond to this survey and show interest in > sharing > their information with the community then something > we'll put together a > working group to establish design parameters etc but for > the moment just > go here and vote if you think this is a good idea or not > > > > http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613 > > > > Remember this Asterisk community analytics tool will only > collect anonymous information. > > > > Potential analytics may include - eg. How many ip handsets > does > your Asterisk server have connected, but it will never > collect their IP > addresses or personal information/passwords etc. You will > be able to see > what information is being collected in a text file before > it uploads and > will be able to control all stats it collects. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > Dean_______________________________________________ > --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
