I think Simon has a good point. It would be great to stimulate the group
somehow in order to raise awareness for others. Having said that, I also want
to second what Keith Major pointed out. If the awareness campaign is to raise
awareness about the group and if also illustrate the groups ability to deploy
Asterisk systems then it is definitely useful. hmmm....this bring the question
of co-operation between members to me again..........> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [email protected]> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:52:58 -0400>
Subject: RE: [biz] Does open source telephony need an advertising campaign?> >
It's an excellent idea but, I have a reservation. In the end we would be>
advertising Digium (a company) and not our selves or our TAUG group.> > I have
seen something like this attempted with Linux http://tux500.com/> however,
there isn't to my knowledge a centralized corporation behind Linux> as there is
with Asterisk/Digium. I believe the best thing to do would be> to advertise
TAUG and have our companies sponsor it. At least we would be> seen as the
experts in Open Telephony and prospects would know who to> contact in the GTA -
TAUG or TAUG friendly businesses.> > Sponsors should be limited to ad space of
XX pixels by XX pixels and pay an> equal share to contribute. > > Just my 2
cents worth,> > Keith> > > Keith Major> Business Development Manager> Aquarius
Telecom Inc.> www.aquariustel.com> 416.848.6838 ext. 1005>
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Message-----> From: Simon P. Ditner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: June 15,
2007 11:27 AM> To: [email protected]> Subject: [biz] Does open source telephony need
an advertising campaign?> > I was showing a friend of mine Ubuntu last night,
and he was astonished> that something so complete and useable was out there,
and said "Why> haven't I (a normal computer user) heard of this?"> > "Well,
there's no advertising.", I said.> > Which brings up the question, does open
source telephony need> advertising? Is Digium(R)Asterisk advertising enough?
Would it do any> good to run a local ad campaign targeting IT & executives?> >
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