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[sunil.d.admin at gmail...]

Hi,

After going through the documents, I feel that the documents assume that the guy who is going to use freeswitch is well versed with asterisk or is an asterisk user who is going to switch to freeswitch from asterisk. Its not from the point that somebody from scratch can appreciate it for its design or any other thing.

I appreciate the point of consideration for a large community, but for freeswitch to be the best it has to wipe out that they know asterisk. They should believe more on its users rather than what asterisk is doing. Once a basic level is reached than it should be user driven rather than asterisk driven. If we compete with them in mind than eventually we will mess up.

To be honest the beauty of asterisk lies in its simplicity. I was reading freeswitch for hours and still struggling. Whereas in asterisk I started and within hours I am up and running.

I also realised that in asterisk I didn't find a document talking about freeswitch but in freeswitch its only about, with asterisk in mind. Whether they are documents or working.

Comparisions will not allow to grow beyond a limit, we will always be living in a psycho complex, leaving us with pain, agaony and anger.

We should love what we are doing, and we want to make a universal platform thats it. No point in comparision and running for a race. Most of the open source are started by technology lovers that's it. They don't create a technology to compete, they want to create a new technology and that's why I started using freeswitch that its going to create a new revolution which asterisk has lost because of monetary considerations.

So I request to please love what we are doing and when ever we are making a document think that its for a novice.


I request those who are driving it, please listen to your users more. If you have started from scratch than let's some beauty come out of it, a disruptive way of working. Like Apache, mysql ...... Ease of use is the main thing for a starter or anybody else. Even it may be a best but if its not simple than people are not going to use it and too much mention of asterisk in the doc will end up people trying asterisk more rather than using freeswitch.

The guys whom we are targetting today may not be there, there will be a new generation and we should drive it with them in mind.

I hope we all give it a thought and think from a novice point of view.

Be a BOLT win with a self confidence and create only records.

regards,
Sunil

[anthony.minessale at g...]

Hello,

I think mostly everything you are saying is completely wrong.

The majority of documents we have that mention asterisk strive to make sure it's well understood that FreeSWITCH has an entire different paradigm. If you read your own statements you will see you are not qualified to comment from the perspective of someone who has never used either software because you said yourself that you tried asterisk and found it easy to understand where following FreeSWITCH was much more difficult. That means you already fell into the asterisk paradigm and now are struggling to shift to how FreeSWITCH is designed. The volunteers who work on the documentation made a single section in the wiki for people who are used to asterisk. They can document whatever they want, they are volunteers.

You make two insulting comments about how I do not listen to the users. Please have a chat with the hundreds of users who have influenced the design of FreeSWITCH and learn for yourself that this is not true and in fact makes me incredibly angry that you would have the nerve to even suggest it.

You may also need a history lesson. I myself did a great deal of work on asterisk for several years. It's part of my life and if I want to talk about that experience or host my asterisk code on my website then I will. Of course you will not find anything about FreeSWITCH on the asterisk website. They are annoyed that we exist. You don't want there to be competition in open source then go talk to them. They are the only software to even use the word compete that I have met so far. We have ClueCon every year where we work together with every open source project you can think of. So you may want to go do your homework more............

You have insulted me and all of the volunteers who have spend hundreds on the documentation by taking a quick scan of our site and jumping to conclusions. The time it took you to write this email annoying me, you could have helped document something instead. Now I hope you do the right thing and apologize to them. Don't bother with me, it's them you owe the apology cos they are doing it all just because they want to and for no other reason.

I am sorry it takes you so long to understand FreeSWITCH but that is not my problem. This is my software for me to do whatever I want with and you are someone who is choosing to use it so it's your dilemma to learn how to work it or to decide if you prefer another alternative but when you do so. Do it with more respect and try to imagine how much work it takes to provide you with something that just works when you type "make"




On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Sunil Singh <sunil.d.admin@gmail.com (sunil.d.admin@gmail.com)> wrote:

[msc at freeswitch.org]

As I am the one primarily responsible for creating the Rosette Stone page I feel compelled to respond.


I agree with Anthony. The wiki does *not* presume that its readers have Asterisk experience. In fact, this is the very reason that the Rosetta Stone page was created.


That being said, there are scattered references to Asterisk. How can there not be? Asterisk is one of several reference points for FS. It is probably the key reference point. Most early adopters of FS have Asterisk experience - or in some cases, battle scars.


Brian West and I have been kicking around some ideas for a FS book. One key element in writing a book is knowing your target demographic. From my two plus years in the FS community I can tell you that the demographic has started changing. Initially, the vast majority of FS users were Asterisk users. Today that isn't necessarily the case. We are noticing more people who say to us, "I saw FS and Asterisk on a Google search. I think FS looks right for me." In other words we're seeing first-time OSS telephony users and even first-time any kind of telephony users. These new ones needn't concern themselves with the Asterisk references except to put FS into historical context.


One last thing. You said, "...the beauty of asterisk is its simplicity." I can guarantee you that the Asterisk "refugees" here in the FS community will vehemently disagree with this statement. However, since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, we will let that comment slide.


We will take your comments as suggestions where we can improve things on the wiki. If you see any specific references to Asterisk that are spurious then let us know and we'll evaluate them on a case by case basis. You can also hop on IRC channel #freeswitch-docs and air your concerns in real time.


-MC

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On Aug 30, 2008, at 9:59 AM, "Anthony Minessale" < (anthony.minessale@gmail.com) (anthony.minessale@gmail.com)[url=mailto:anthony.minessale@gmail.com]anthony.minessale@gmail.com (anthony.minessale@gmail.com)[/url]> wrote:

[mike at jerris.com]

In addition to a FreeSWITCH book, he is also working on a full length litterary response to war and piece, all written from his iPhone.

On Aug 30, 2008, at 7:42 PM, Michael S Collins <msc@freeswitch.org (msc@freeswitch.org)> wrote:

[msc at freeswitch.org]

Dude that is so wrong! There's only one 't' in literary.


-MC

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On Aug 30, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Michael Jerris <mike@jerris.com (mike@jerris.com)> wrote:

[billoneal at bridgecom...]

A Note from a “Newbee”

I’m from a strictly windows background ( non- programming and Non- * ) and in the last four months, I have learned enough about Linux, enough about FS, and enough about Javascript to have a PBX that does what I want it to do ( Almost ). No, I’m not a genius; I had help, I had help from the wiki docs, the IRC and the Conferences. Mostly from the wiki, but when I needed further help, the top guys and gals were more than willing to help. What is the only thing they ask in return? Participation in the docs. In fact, I have been on two conference calls that I remember they specifically asked for input from “Newbees”. So if the wiki seems too technical, please, don’t criticize, participate. In addition, keep in mind that the wiki spans a diverse skill level, so if you don’t understand something, keep reading, there’s bond to be an example somewhere (and if not then an opportunity to participate when you get the answer )

I’m sad that the ones that have put lots of time into this project was ridiculed, but believe me when I say, you are very much appreciated.

Bill_O










-----Original Message-----
From: freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] On Behalf Of Michael S Collins
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 9:19 PM
To: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] Request for change

Dude that is so wrong! There's only one 't' in literary.



-MC

Sent from my iPhone


On Aug 30, 2008, at 5:15 PM, Michael Jerris <mike@jerris.com (mike@jerris.com)> wrote:

[diego.viola at gmail.com]

Sunil,

You are very wrong.

Anthony Minessale does listen to his users, in fact... A LOT MORE than
what any Asterisk developer EVER DID or will.

FreeSWITCH people is made of people who does love what they do... they
wanted something better than Asterisk and they did it, that's pure
love. We don't hate the asterisk community, but we love FreeSWITCH.

Search for the YAML thing that I suggested once, Anthony added that
feature in only a few hours... he indeed does listen to his users and
he does a great job with FreeSWITCH.

Get your facts straight before trolling like that again.

Diego

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Sunil Singh <sunil.d.admin@gmail.com> wrote:

[gservat at gmail.com]

On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Sunil Singh <sunil.d.admin@gmail.com (sunil.d.admin@gmail.com)> wrote:

[jimthomasembedded at y...]

[astmac at stillnewt.org]

On Aug 30, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Michael S Collins wrote:

[sunil.d.admin at gmail...]

Hi,

I appologize if I hurt the feeling of anybody knowingly or unknowingly. I have no intention of hurting anybody. My full respect and appreciation to all who took the step and also to all who joined hands to walk together and make a dream come true. I do know making such a thing require great guts and great sacrifices, its not a child play you make a line and it becomes a great software.

I simply wrote my observations based on the reading on internet and in reference documents. I never thought that I will end up hurting somebody, I simply thought that I will get a mail dude you come out with the points which you are finding it difficult and we will incorporate it or we will re-review it if you are finding it difficult or you take the responsibility of cleaning up the things and keep posting your doubts.

My answers to few questions raised regarding the understanding:-

Yes I still say I do find it difficult to understand the freeswitch from a starter perspective.

My choosing freeswitch is based on only one fact, that its more user friendly, people are open to answer. That's why I raised the question because all open sources are honest, people keep on raising questions and they keep on working on them to make it better.


It's a question that should be taken positiviely, my purpose is only from an improvement perspective and the problems that I am facing today will be faced by others also tommorrow.

We should take it positively. My sincere applogies again.

Thanks to all those who replied.

regards,
Sunil

[msc at freeswitch.org]

Sunil,

Thanks for clarifying your viewpoint. We certainly want to help all
who have questions. We also want to improve the docs. Even if we
disagree with your observations we won't ignore your concerns.
Definitely do point out any wiki articles that you feel need attention
and we'll discuss them on our weekly docs conf call.

-MC

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 31, 2008, at 11:31 PM, "Sunil Singh" <sunil.d.admin@gmail.com>
wrote: