Re: [Astlinux-users] Metrix Kit PBX I

[Carla S. <ca...@br...>]

It was a simple question, not a flamewar starter. Really! People support FOSS 
projects in all different ways, whether it's financially or some other way, 
such as your help on the AstLinux list, and that is a consideration for me 
when I'm shopping vendors. I prefer that such information be easy to find- I 
don't know why anyone would think it undermines anything. My customers think 
it's a good idea to give back to worthy projects. Especially ones that 
support their businesses.

Sure, someone running around yelling "look at me! I donate to $Foo and that 
makes me a superior being!" is going to raise some eyebrows, and I'm going to 
avoid them. But that's not what Metrix is doing. It's a simple statement on 
their product page. It tells me something I want to know, and it sets a good 
example for other vendors who make money from free/open source software. 

I like Metrix the company for a number of reasons- that doesn't mean I think 
yours sucks. It's not a zero-sum game. :)

On Tuesday 09 January 2007 08:52, Mark Phillips wrote:
> I believe that my "kickback" to the project is more than sufficient to
> the extent that I feel I don't have to brag about it.
>
> But if you really must know yes, monies have been exchanged as well as
> advocacy, testing and other project notables.
>
> My point here was not that people give of their monies etc but that they
> feel that they feel they have to validate themselves.
>
> By advertising on ones site that you donate money back to the very
> project you are trying to sell one undermines the very project itself.
> It backs up the customers already shaky belief in the product.
>
> Just my opinion. Not meaning to start a flame war.
>
> Mark
>
> PS: has anyone seen my fireproof trousers?
>
> On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 08:29 -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:
> > Are you also giving a percentage of sales back to AstLinux?
> >
> > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 08:05, Mark Phillips wrote:
> > > Wow! An whole 3%!
> > >
> > > Pushing the boat out a bit aren't they?
> > >
> > > Not exactly a unique product. I've been selling this exact thing
> > > locally as the uPBX (in microPBX)
> > > http://www.kineticavionics.us/upbx-flier.pdf for quite some time now.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 21:33 -0800, Carla Schroder wrote:
> > > > http://metrix.net/metrix/products/packages/MET-KIT-PBX-I.html
> > > > OK, I'm sounding like a commercial for Metrix, but this is cool:
> > > >
> > > > "The PBX I kit is a tiny PBX powered by Asterisk, the open source
> > > > PBX. With this kit you can recieve, send, and route VOIP calls. The
> > > > core of the box is a Soekris 4801 single board computer. It comes
> > > > with a compact flash card pre-loaded with AstLinux an embedded linux
> > > > distro designed specifically for running Asterisk on this embedded
> > > > board...
> > > >
> > > > "Because we believe in supporting Open Source telephony Metrix
> > > > pledges 3% of all PBX I kit sales to the AstLinux project. "
> > > >
> > > > My only connection to Metrix is I like Pyramid Linux, and use it in
> > > > all of my routers and WAPs.
>
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