Well said. ----- Original Message ----- From: "SW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Digium. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:13 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk.
> Hello, > > I am not a veteran here, but would like to share my thoughts on this > subject. > > True, * is opensource and freely available, but it is not a computer program > that you download and run. It is a very versatile telecommunication product > you would otherwise pay at least 100 K to buy from a telecom vendor, if not > more based on modules and usage, license hash-codes etc. > > Even to try * one would need some pre requisite knowledge in telecom, if not > many years in the field. I work for a large telecom company and my specialty > is voice over broadband (or xDSL). I worked with asterisk for couple of > months now and I am amazed to see areas of telecom that * touch upon with. > Starting from Linux, to SIP, H323, DSL technologies (PPP, PPPoE, PPPoA, > DHCP, NAT), Call routing(Dial Plan), IVR, Transcoding, STUN are few areas > that one would have to master even thinking about *. > > True one would know the syntax, and howtos etc, but also would have to have > the ability to troubleshoot. For last two-three months in this list, I have > not seen any newbi posting a sip trace (from a ethereal or a TCP dump) and > asking a question about it. I have seen many question for instance, asking > syntax of h.323 dial, but never seen a question asked on a h323 trace. > > I think, having * openly available is like keeping an airplane openly > available in a airfield, so that anybody can try flying. Tell me how many of > us would go try and fly that airplane if we do not know how to fly :) > > Point that I want to make here is simple, please try to understand what * is > all about. If you like it's features and would like it to run in a > production environment try to get some professional help. If you are > learning these technologies for fun then get educated, use tools available > to troubleshoot. Hooking up couple of phones and making a call is far from > knowing *. > > Asterisk is a great product (thanks Mark and many others) and if you know > what you are doing, you can do wonders with it. Don't put it down, because > you do not have the background to understand it or work with it. > > Cheers > > SW > > > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:37:24 -0800 (PST) > From: Me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] New to asterisk? RUN... don't walk. > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > As a newcomer to Asterisk, you will not be welcomed > with open arms. First, you will find almost no > documentation on it's features. Second, if you try to > ask questions, you will be flamed and pointed to > worthless how-tos and 'the wiki'. These worthless > documents can only be useful for explaining how things > work to those already in-the-know. Lastly, Asterisk > is so bug ridden, expect frequent segmentation faults. > With a community so 'anti-n00b', don't expect your > problems to be fixed anytime soon. > > RUN!!! Don't walk... away from Aterisk. > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
