Hello, I was a reviewer of the book, and it is a good beginner book. At over 260 pages it isn't exactly small and it does contain a lot of information that is not in the wiki, especially on telco topics and a very in-depth overview of Cisco IP phones.
It does a good job of going over the basics of Asterisk, which in itself is a difficult task as some of the basics of Asterisk change rather frequently. It is a beginner book and doesn't cover some more advanced and more specialized topics, but it would be a good way for someone who had no understanding of the telco/VOIP world to get into Asterisk and set up their first test system. $50 is a bit steep for a book, but I can tell you that they did put a lot of effort into creating a comprehensive intro to Asterisk with a great deal of the material being written by the authors from scratch, and Asterisk is still quite a niche market relative to other cheaper technology books out there justifying the cost a bit more. MATT--- -----Original Message----- From: Neil Cherry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. Joe Babstock wrote: > There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk! > It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it > with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample > pages, it looks great. And how do you know it's a good book? I wouldn't mind a review and I may purchase the book (I doubt I qualify as a reviewer as I haven't yet figured this VoIP stuff out yet). I'm not really sure a few pages qualifies for a review. BTW, please excuse me if Paul is a frequent contributor to the mail list. I just found the method of announcement a bit suspect (I'm not say Paul posted this either). -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only) http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge) http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II) _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
