asterisk users - May 2008 - Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk servers?

I think it would be great for someone to write a small 'anonymous
collection module' that an Asterisk sys-admin could download and install
on their asterisk server which uploaded the stats to a community website
where the data was anonymous but still valuable for the community.

 

Even if it just collected number of new installations globally this
would be a huge help to people selling asterisk to their customers who
continually ask "I've heard about this Asterisk open source stuff but
how many are there installed globally anyway?"

So this survey is to gauge the community's reaction to the development
of an analytics tool like this. Please answer with your honest thoughts
so we can gauge demand within the community for this tool.

 

If people respond to this survey and show interest in sharing their
information with the community then something we'll put together a
working group to establish design parameters etc but for the moment just
go here and vote if you think this is a good idea or not

http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613 

 

Remember this Asterisk community analytics tool will only collect
anonymous information. 

 

Potential analytics may include - eg. How many ip handsets does your
Asterisk server have connected, but it will never collect their IP
addresses or personal information/passwords etc. You will be able to see
what information is being collected in a text file before it uploads and
will be able to control all stats it collects.

 

 

 

Cheers,

Dean 

 

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Ok guys I'm only going to leave this survey up for a few more days;

 

Click this link and answer what you think - it's only 4 questions and
will take you less than 30 seconds to answer.

http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613 

 

Lets support the Asterisk community and get an honest opinion on what
people think about anonymous statistics.



Cheers,
Dean 

 

	 

	
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	From: Dean Collins 
	Sent: Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:19 PM
	To: Asterisk Users List (asterisk-users at lists.digium.com)
	Subject: Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk
servers?

	I think it would be great for someone to write a small
'anonymous collection module' that an Asterisk sys-admin could download
and install on their asterisk server which uploaded the stats to a
community website where the data was anonymous but still valuable for
the community.

	 

	Even if it just collected number of new installations globally
this would be a huge help to people selling asterisk to their customers
who continually ask "I've heard about this Asterisk open source stuff
but how many are there installed globally anyway?"

	 

	So this survey is to gauge the community's reaction to the
development of an analytics tool like this. Please answer with your
honest thoughts so we can gauge demand within the community for this
tool.

	 

	If people respond to this survey and show interest in sharing
their information with the community then something we'll put together a
working group to establish design parameters etc but for the moment just
go here and vote if you think this is a good idea or not

	 

	http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613 

	 

	Remember this Asterisk community analytics tool will only
collect anonymous information. 

	 

	Potential analytics may include - eg. How many ip handsets does
your Asterisk server have connected, but it will never collect their IP
addresses or personal information/passwords etc. You will be able to see
what information is being collected in a text file before it uploads and
will be able to control all stats it collects.

	 

	 

	 

	Cheers,

	Dean 

	 

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It would be voluntary to download the module in the first place so not
necessary to be able to 'turn off'.



Cheers,
Dean 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Nitzan Kon
> Sent: Friday, 16 May 2008 8:13 AM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Anonymous statistics collection tool
forAsterisk servers?
> 
> If you want an honest opinion... ;)
> 
> Anonymous statistics take bandwidth and resources, not to mention
> may be a security risk (you never know how people may use sniffed
> data!). If you add a statistics module to *, please make sure there
> is an easy way to TURN IT OFF... :P
> 
> What would be the benefit of having it on, anyway?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>   -- Nitzan
> 
> --- On Fri, 5/16/08, Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net>
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Anonymous statistics collection tool for
Asterisk
> servers?
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com, "Commercial and
Business-Oriented
> Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> > Date: Friday, May 16, 2008, 8:01 AM
> > Ok guys I'm only going to leave this survey up for a few
> > more days;
> >
> >
> >
> > Click this link and answer what you think - it's only 4
> > questions and
> > will take you less than 30 seconds to answer.
> >
> > http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613
> >
> >
> >
> > Lets support the Asterisk community and get an honest
> > opinion on what
> > people think about anonymous statistics.
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dean
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> > 	From: Dean Collins
> > 	Sent: Saturday, 3 May 2008 12:19 PM
> > 	To: Asterisk Users List (asterisk-users at lists.digium.com)
> > 	Subject: Anonymous statistics collection tool for Asterisk
> > servers?
> >
> > 	I think it would be great for someone to write a small
> > 'anonymous collection module' that an Asterisk
> > sys-admin could download
> > and install on their asterisk server which uploaded the
> > stats to a
> > community website where the data was anonymous but still
> > valuable for
> > the community.
> >
> >
> >
> > 	Even if it just collected number of new installations
> > globally
> > this would be a huge help to people selling asterisk to
> > their customers
> > who continually ask "I've heard about this
> > Asterisk open source stuff
> > but how many are there installed globally anyway?"
> >
> >
> >
> > 	So this survey is to gauge the community's reaction to
> > the
> > development of an analytics tool like this. Please answer
> > with your
> > honest thoughts so we can gauge demand within the community
> > for this
> > tool.
> >
> >
> >
> > 	If people respond to this survey and show interest in
> > sharing
> > their information with the community then something
> > we'll put together a
> > working group to establish design parameters etc but for
> > the moment just
> > go here and vote if you think this is a good idea or not
> >
> >
> >
> > 	http://www.questionpro.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=954613
> >
> >
> >
> > 	Remember this Asterisk community analytics tool will only
> > collect anonymous information.
> >
> >
> >
> > 	Potential analytics may include - eg. How many ip handsets
> > does
> > your Asterisk server have connected, but it will never
> > collect their IP
> > addresses or personal information/passwords etc. You will
> > be able to see
> > what information is being collected in a text file before
> > it uploads and
> > will be able to control all stats it collects.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 	Cheers,
> >
> > 	Dean_______________________________________________
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On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:19:03PM -0400, Dean Collins
wrote:
> I think it would be great for someone to write a small 'anonymous
> collection module' that an Asterisk sys-admin could download and
install
> on their asterisk server which uploaded the stats to a community website
> where the data was anonymous but still valuable for the community.
> 
>  
> 
> Even if it just collected number of new installations globally this
> would be a huge help to people selling asterisk to their customers who
> continually ask "I've heard about this Asterisk open source stuff
but
> how many are there installed globally anyway?"
> 
> So this survey is to gauge the community's reaction to the development
> of an analytics tool like this. Please answer with your honest thoughts
> so we can gauge demand within the community for this tool.
It's not that there's no demand. It's just that I won't trust
anybody
with those data. For instance, think of it as "in what places can I find
servers volnurable to advisory AST-200x-xxx"? 

One parallel to look at is Debian's popcon:

  http://popcon.debian.org/


It is also used by Ubuntu:

  
  http://popcon.ubuntu.com/

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