RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-09 Thread Kevin Walsh
Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In my experience, the royalty is 10 to 15% of the *wholesale* price, > > > which means it's more like two to three bucks a book. Trust me, unless > > > you're Stephen King, John Grisham, or someone like that, you don't > > > make all that muc

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-09 Thread William Boehlke
EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. William, I guess it was a bad idea to have on the website one of the examples stating "Much of the information in the book came from the Asterisk Wiki pages". Which is the sole reason for my bashing on the b

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-09 Thread Chris Bond
I have to agree with andy's comments the lack of documentation is * biggest downfall. Andy gave me a lot of help getting * up and running, without much of the help I probably would have not been able to see the full potention of *. Kind Regards, Chris Bond > Late last year I was approached by a

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-09 Thread Harold Workman
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Boehlke Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 6:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. As an interested party to the Mahler book VoIP Telephony with As

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-09 Thread Umar Sear
;To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book > about Asterisk. > > > > > >what does that have to do with an overpriced book? > >and i agree with Joe. With this book sourcing most > of the documentation > >directly from wiki, why

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-09 Thread Andy Powell
On 08/07/2004 at 22:19 usedcanon wrote: >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harold >Workman >Sent: 08 July 2004 20:15 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. > >

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-09 Thread Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy
On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 22:02, Kevin Walsh wrote: > > In my experience, the royalty is 10 to 15% of the *wholesale* price, > > which means it's more like two to three bucks a book. Trust me, unless > > you're Stephen King, John Grisham, or someone like that, you don't make > > all that much writing

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread michael koehler
EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harold Workman Sent: 08 July 2004 20:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. what does that have to do with an overpriced book? and i agree with Joe. With this book sourcing most of the documentatio

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Kevin Walsh
Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:44, Sathya wrote: > > > $50 is a bit steep for a book > > > > Usually author of a book makes 10 to 15 percent of the cover price. So > > whoever who wrote this book will get 5 bucks a book. > > In my experience, the roy

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy
On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:44, Sathya wrote: > > $50 is a bit steep for a book > > Usually author of a book makes 10 to 15 percent of the cover price. So > whoever who wrote this book will get 5 bucks a book. In my experience, the royalty is 10 to 15% of the *wholesale* price, which means it's more

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Alberto Fernandez
REDHAT linux is charging for redhat certifications :P HAHAHA. NOW we need digium to start training and certify in asterisk. (* itselft is more complicated than linux as an OS, so it makes more sence than redhat training) Just though of it. POWER TO THE * On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 20:56, James H

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Alberto Fernandez
Wow, I admire you James, that was a a gesture. Thanks to the good people at commpartners.com. Thanks for wiki, probably saved my job and a big headache a couple of times. Nevertheless i plan to buy the book. PEOPLE TOMORROW NINTH WE SHALL ALL DRINK A BEER AT 10:00 ON BEHALF OF THE WIKI.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread James H. Thompson
>From: "William Boehlke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >We encourage anyone who is not an Asterisk beginner to send $50 to the Wiki >instead of buying the book, Nice suggestion. The Wiki is not really in need of donations at the moment. It is being fully sponsored by www.commpartners.us So I would encoura

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Sathya
] Behalf Of mattf > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:47 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. > > > Hello, > > I was a reviewer of the book, and it is a good beginner book. At over 260 > pages it isn't

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread William Boehlke
ation. Thanks for listening. William Boehlke Signate -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of usedcanon Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. -Ori

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Daryl Jones
I've been reading drafts of this book for at least nine months and can assure you that its content is very different than what is available on the Wiki. The book is an excellent introduction to VOIP in general, and offers sufficient information for the novice to configure a basic Asterisk syste

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Steve Totaro
uly 08, 2004 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. > When it shows up on Amazon.com, I may pick one up, but I don't > see it there yet. > > > > Doug Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-08 09:12:56 -0700]: > > we should buy it

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread usedcanon
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harold Workman Sent: 08 July 2004 20:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. what does that have to do with an overpriced book? and i agree with Joe. With

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Brian Weaver
ich has been long > overdue. > > DH > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Totaro > > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:16 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Harold Workman
Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph. 281-449-4000 x3098 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeremy Kenney Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 12:16 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. This is

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread mattf
che market relative to other cheaper technology books out there justifying the cost a bit more. MATT--- -Original Message- From: Neil Cherry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Aster

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Jeremy Kenney
This is true but school cost money -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. I think I will pass. $49 for

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Doug Harris
e 08, 2004 8:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk. > > > I think I will pass. $49 for something free on the wiki seems too > expensive. A cheaper PDF would would save a tree and probably be more > reasonable in c

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Neil Cherry
Joe Babstock wrote: There is finally an introductory book about Asterisk! It looks like Paul Mahler at www.signate.com wrote it with a lot of help from Digium. I looked at the sample pages, it looks great. And how do you know it's a good book? I wouldn't mind a review and I may purchase the book (

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FINALLY! a good book about Asterisk.

2004-07-08 Thread Steve Totaro
I think I will pass. $49 for something free on the wiki seems too expensive. A cheaper PDF would would save a tree and probably be more reasonable in cost. - Original Message - From: "Joe Babstock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Se