[Freeswitch-users] FS Slide deck?

[Gabriel Gunderson]

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Michael Collins <msc at freeswitch.org> wrote:
> Thanks for reporting back. Please let all the Asterisk users know that they
> are welcome to join us in #freeswitch on irc.freenode.net and that they will
> not be abused like people do in other less friendly IRC channels.

Funny you mention this.  Many people report that the way the FS
community refers to Asterisk in docs/wikis/irc/whatever makes the FS
camp seem *less* welcoming to them.  After all, they identify as
Asterisk Users and take the criticism as being kinda harsh.  Most of
them acknowledge the shortcomings of Asterisk but are put off when
someone else points them out.  It's crazy, I know.  The thing is, I
remember thinking that too.  After getting to know FS better, I didn't
notice it as much.  Nobody likes to hear their baby is ugly --even if
they know it is.

At our session, and in general, I've noticed people are more
interested in hearing about FS when you don't make direct comparisons
to Asterisk.  Besides, FS stands on it's own merit.

Just what I've observed *and* my 2 additional cents.

Gabe