John Signorello wrote: > excuse me... > > But did you not just post > > [asterisk-users] OT Nice IBM 1U Server Gets Along w/Old and New > Digium Boards Cheap X305 $199 > > Did you not provide a link to a COMMERICAL entity? > > Wasn't your a post a unsolicited post, that is, not in response to a > question??? > > There seems to be two standards here. > > The fact that you do not work for them is immaterial. > > If your argument is no commercial reference at all, then how do you > explain your post? > > > > I felt like the cogoblue stuff is out of place and off topic, so I agree that it should not be arbitrarily posted as a solution to any question that it might seem to somehow solve.
However, I do not take exception to the IBM server post, even though strict adherence to the rules would probably make it "illegal" as well. There is an inherent difference between the two. The cogoblue post was made by a paid salesman seeking personal profit indirectly through his company. The server link, on the other hand was marked as OT, it was not posted as a solution to someone's problem, and the poster most likely does not seek to profit personally from the post. Many people in the Asterisk community are on the lookout for inexpensive hardware with enough power to run a decent sized system. So the inherent difference comes down to one post being potentially helpful and the other not being potentially helpful. There wasn't even any obvious mention in cogoblue post that it was, in fact, a commercial product. If most of us weren't familiar with the product already because of the previous over-posting, then one could be slightly misled by the post. And to make matters worse, it triggered a tangent that has completely derailed the OP's thread and taken all focus away from the OP's original question. Just my two sense, Brent _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
