I always thought that "forfty" was four times as awesome as fifty.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Service [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: November 1, 2007 4:41 PM > To: Matthew M. Gamble > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Interesting Read: Asterisk lacks > support for enterprises > > He says "forfty" percent which is 10% more awesome. > > http://springfieldfiles.com/sounds/homer/stats.mp3 > http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F09.html > > - Ian > > On 11/1/07, Matthew M. Gamble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > To quote the great Homer Simpson: > > > > *Homer: *Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove > anything, Kent. > > Forty percent of all people know that. > > > > > > > > Dave Donovan wrote: > > > Chuck, > > > > > > None of this is directed at you by the way. Thanks for > posting the > > link. > > > > > > There are 3 kinds of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics. > > > > > > To infer that because 30% of developers are working on modifying > > > Asterisk for a particular company means that Asterisk is not well > > > suited to the enterprise seems like a very bad syllogism. > I guess > > > based on the number of SAP developers out there that it's only > > > suitable for mom and pop operations. Huh? > > > > > > Also, this stat doesn't give you any indication of how many > > > companies are choosing stock asterisk vs custom code. It's not a > > > sample of companies at all, it's a sample of developers. To draw > > > any conclusions about the behavior of companies is > completely invalid. > > > People running off the shelf asterisk aren't represented in the > > > study at all, by definition, they don't have any > programmers or else > > > it wouldn't be off the shelf. > > > > > > I'll stop there. In short: terrible abuse of statistics. > > > > > > DD > > > > > > > > > On 11/1/07, Chuck Mariotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> I kind of have a link to ITWorld, but I thought it was an > > >> interesting > > read... I've copied the first few paragraphs below... click > link for > > full article. > > >> > > >> Asterisk lacks support for enterprises > > >> By: Kathleen Lau > > >> ComputerWorld Canada (01 Nov 2007) A recent survey of > developers > > >> of the Asterisk platform, an open source > > telephony technology, revealed a surprising number of companies are > > choosing to develop their own Private Branch eXchange (PBX) > systems. > > Those companies preferred to rely on in-house IT resources > than work > > through integrators, or purchase off-the-shelf products > from established manufacturers. > > >> > > >> Conducted by media-processing hardware and software vendor PIKA > > Technologies Inc., the survey's results were based on 322 Asterisk > > developers globally. > > >> > > >> As many as 30 per cent of respondents were building in-house PBX > > systems. This surprises Terry Atwood, PIKA's vice-president > of sales, > > marketing and customer care, given the amount of IT and telephony > > knowledge typically required to deploy and support open > source platforms. > > >> > > >> "There's a lot of work being done to make it easier, but > it's still > > >> not > > an easy thing to do," Atwood said. > > >> > > >> Despite the complexity of building and supporting an > internal open > > source telephony system, he said, some users like open source > > platforms because they are free. "Companies like Nortel, Avaya and > > Panasonic have fairly substantial markups on their products." > > >> > > >> Besides being free, "for the technology geek, [Asterisk is] open > > >> and > > easy to modify". > > >> > > >> Click link for full article... > > >> > > > http://www.itworldcanada.com/Pages/Docbase/ViewArticle.aspx?id=idgml-4 > > > 1a2b29a-c3a6-4629&Portal=d10e0410-71d5-4137-9405-6c9adc115df8&sub=1515 > > 464 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > >> additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional > > > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional > > commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.16/1102 - Release > Date: 31/10/2007 4:38 PM > > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.16/1102 - Release Date: 31/10/2007 4:38 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
