Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties (realtime musiconhold.conf)

2007-11-03 Thread Alistair Cunningham
Talking of bounties, are there any plans for realtime support for musiconhold.conf? If not, or if they are slow-moving, Integrics is willing to offer a bounty to speed things up. Alistair Cunningham +1 888 468 3111 +44 20 799 39 799 sip:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://integrics.com/ _

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-03 Thread dave cantera
craig, I'll take that bounty!  are you serious?!? daveC Craig Lawrence wrote: I'd like to offer a bounty for decent documentation of Asterisk (user manual) and Sales & Marketing Docs :-) $1000 Cheers Craig Lawrence ___ --Bandwidth and Colocat

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-03 Thread Craig Lawrence
I'd like to offer a bounty for decent documentation of Asterisk (user manual) and Sales & Marketing Docs :-) $1000 Cheers Craig Lawrence ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-03 Thread Chris Mason (Lists)
Henry L.Coleman wrote: > Proponents of the Global > Economy keep saying that competition is good and raises the standard of > living for people in poor industrialized countries but it is my contention > that the rich countries get poorer at this expense. > Yes, reducing the gap between rich and

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-03 Thread Henry L.Coleman
bounties!!!" ) > > /Danny :-) > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: den 3 november 2007 01:02 > To: asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties. >

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-03 Thread Dean Collins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-biz- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Froberg > Sent: Saturday, 3 November 2007 9:12 AM > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties. > > Asterisk is however a very very very internationa

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-03 Thread Danny Froberg
D] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 3 november 2007 01:02 To: asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties. >>It's better than letting their children go hungry. It amounts to taking away work from programmers in the United

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-02 Thread c . savinovich
>>It's better than letting their children go hungry. It amounts to taking away work from programmers in the United States. We technical people in USA, G-D blessed this beautiful country, although we dont have our children going hungry (as far as I know LOL) we nevertheless have bills to pay.

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-02 Thread Paul
ame job for $50, by all means, welcome the offer. > >Best regards >C. Savinovich > > > > >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew >Rubenstein >Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:19 PM >To: Bill Micha

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-02 Thread C. Savinovich
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew Rubenstein Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 12:19 PM To: Bill Michaelson Cc: Asterisk -Biz Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties. On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 14:09 -0400, Bill Michaelson wrote: > I do

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Matthew Rubenstein
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 14:09 -0400, Bill Michaelson wrote: > I don't see why work-for-pay (bounties) are incompatible with > open-source. As Mr. Rubenstein points out, bounties are cumulative, > and talent is busy. At least the potential for large sums to be > offered is there, and they aren't ne

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Alex Balashov
On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Bill Michaelson wrote: > Perhaps if a more formalized or structured process for managing bounties > was in place, cumulative bounties would grow larger and attract more > developers. I would wholeheartedly concur. And yes, your point about cumulative sums is duly recogn

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Bill Michaelson
I don't see why work-for-pay (bounties) are incompatible with open-source. As Mr. Rubenstein points out, bounties are cumulative, and talent is busy. At least the potential for large sums to be offered is there, and they aren't necessarily "half-assed", whatever that really means. No offer to p

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Steve Totaro
Putting the funds on hold or in an escrow would be ideal. Thanks, Steve Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > > > This is open source. And an open community. Bounties are not "work for > hire" fees, where the bounty offerer gets any exclusive rights to what > the bounty produces. > > The bount

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Alex Balashov
On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Jason Parker wrote: > > I have personally, on many occasions, seen somebody request a feature > which I think is neat/interesting/whatever. I say "I think that's > great, and I can write that." I do it *for free*, because *I* like the > idea. If somebody is willing to pay

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Matthew Rubenstein
On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 12:49 -0400, Alex Balashov wrote: > On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > > > This is open source. And an open community. Bounties are not "work > > for hire" fees, where the bounty offerer gets any exclusive rights to > > what the bounty produces. > > > >

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Jason Parker
Alex Balashov wrote: > $50-$100 bounties? Are you guys SERIOUS? > > True, some are simple patches and code changes, but... > > For a lot of the kind of features you're asking, there needs to be a > minimum of at least a couple hundred dollars. Most competent developers > implementing some of

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Alex Balashov
On Thu, 1 Nov 2007, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > This is open source. And an open community. Bounties are not "work > for hire" fees, where the bounty offerer gets any exclusive rights to > what the bounty produces. This is true. I realise there are other incentives. But in that cas

Re: [asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Matthew Rubenstein
This is open source. And an open community. Bounties are not "work for hire" fees, where the bounty offerer gets any exclusive rights to what the bounty produces. The bounties are *cumulative*: when enough people add to the bounty that they're subtantial *in total*, then more peo

[asterisk-biz] Bounties.

2007-11-01 Thread Alex Balashov
$50-$100 bounties? Are you guys SERIOUS? True, some are simple patches and code changes, but... For a lot of the kind of features you're asking, there needs to be a minimum of at least a couple hundred dollars. Most competent developers implementing some of the features you're asking for wou