Haven't we all lost sight of something here? Allison is a person, not an object. If she wants to do work for one person rather than the other, it is up to her. Code is a different story sure, but this is a human being you are talking about.
This is a free enterprise, if you want to have a project of your own, get your own people. Allison's voice may be popular within the asterisk community, but personally I would rather have a voice like James Earl Jones' as Verizon has, or Majel Barrett-Rodenberry. Of course, they are top names and would not do such things unless serious money were involved. A person does what is in their best interest, and there is nothing wrong with that. I am not defending one person or another, but people need to be realistic here. I know not what the contractual arrangements are, but agree that open source has nothing to do with a person's voice, personality, or any other aspect of a person. Open source is about sharing knowledge. As for the people who would suspect digium is strong-arming anyone, hell, if it weren't for them you wouldn't have asterisk would you? And therefore probably no openpbx either, and we all would be spending thousands to do what asterisk can do for free. Regards, Greg -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Pounder Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 8:49 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] "open" asterisk? Guys, this arguing and choosing sides is starting to get a little like American Hot Rod. If I wanted to listen to that nonsense I'd just tune it in. Code contribution is one thing, but by now I would think this bridge would have been crossed with voice files. Sure Allison is probably cleaning up doing a little bit here and there for anyone who needs something small added to a stock setup, BUT, is this really practical for a business ? There should be simple application that can be used to rerecord and substitute all current voice files in a system. There are plenty of ways a catalog could be kept of files and the exact contents of them, including right in the files themselves. mpeg, and wav files both provide a means for storing other information right in with the audio, so why not use this ? Then a simple manager application could be used to find all the files and generate a script to be used to recreate them, a few auditioning and approval menu functions and then the ability to replace the existing set with the new set all at once would make a pretty complete and stand alone application. No matter which telephony project is involved the voice content should not hinge so directly on one person and whatever their allegences or other problems might be. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
