On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 20:33 -0400, Andrew Joakimsen wrote: > They were probably mad of the "Astri...." name... You know how Digium > can be when it comes to the use of their names such as Asterisk.
Being one of the former employees of Sokol & Associates, I may have a little more insight than most into this. (I don't pretend to know everything involved, as I wasn't involved in the discussions about Digium acquiring us.) As far as I know, Digium never had any problem with the AstriCon name for the conference.[1] I think they simply saw this as an opportunity to augment both their marketing and training departments through both the AstriCon conference and the Asterisk training classes, as well as hire some pretty big names in the Asterisk community. (I'm not saying that to toot my own horn in any degree.) I think above all it was just good fit. In short, I think you're safe to take off your tinfoil hats :-) Now, as part of my new role at Digium, it's my job to help keep Digium focused on the community and making sure that the needs of the community are being met, as well as representing Digium back to the community. If you have questions or concerns about Digium as a company or with Digium products or services, please let me know and I'll pass those along, and try to make sure you get a response. -- Jared Smith Community Relations Manager Digium, Inc. [1] I'm no lawyer (and I don't play one on TV), but my limited understanding of trademark law is that you're required to defend your trademark or you lose it, so I can completely understand why Digium defends the Asterisk trademark. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz