SIP wrote: > Marketing using FUD always leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It's like the > people who capitalised on the fear of the Y2K bug to sell uneducated > people exceptionally expensive and unnecessary 'survival kits.'
Very similar. I bet there are many uneducated voip providers out there just itching to spend money just so they can say they spent money on some kind of 911 assistance. > Yes, it's capitalism. But not all capitalism is savoury -- even to all > capitalists. > > That said, I don't think Trevor's necessarily harming his reputation or > anything by doing the equivalent of showing a picture of a robbery and > shouting "vigilance!" However, you can't expect that sort of marketing > tactic to sit well with everyone. It's been proven time and time again > that, while it's quite easy to sell things that way, it never makes > people feel good about the purchase. I agree the method in which it was marketed may not have been...all that pleasant and probably won't be effective, I just don't think Trevor was due the personal attack he received. _______________________________________________ --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