[freeside] 1.2.3 released

[Kirk Moore]

Tim,
It was directed at me.... I think... I started my first UUCP site in 85...
and start one of the First privately owned ISP's in Washington state.... I
am use to getting things to work..

I am taking all the information that I can collecting to put something a
little more concrete together..... :) That is for written documentation.


--
Kirk Moore
Renton, Wa


Black Holes are created when God divides by zero

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Jung [mailto:tjung at igateway.net]
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 10:48 AM
To: ivan-freeside at sisd.com
Subject: Re: [freeside] 1.2.3 released


I wasn't complaining about a lack of features. I was commenting on features
I would like the program to have and in comparison to other Linux billing
packages. I wanted to know what people thought of my list of features. If I
am the only one who wants these then I know there probably is no point
posting the code back to the public since no one would use it. But if there
is something I want and lots of others want it, then maybe I should work on
that first ahead of other stuff and post the code back for everyone to use.

I work on 3 different Open Source projects, and I host a few Open Source
projects and web sites only some of which I am involved in currently. So I
do know how the Open Source community works, and I don't need a lecture on
it. I see your domain was registered just last year in August of 1999. I
started my second and current ISP in December of 1995. So I have been around
the block a few times.

Tim Jung
System Admin
Internet Gateway Inc.
tjung at igateway.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Walters" <Brian at mylinuxisp.com>
To: <ivan-freeside at sisd.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: [freeside] 1.2.3 released


> This list seems to have become littered with folks who don't fully
> understand how these projects work. Ivan, let me say that I really like
> Freeside and I'm looking forward to looking at the new changes just as
soon
> as I get some downtime after our move.
>
> Folks, don't blame the Application for not being able to build the
database.
> It's a simple configuration issue somewhere. If you see a feature that
> Freeside doesn't have but some $10K program does, don't gripe about it.
Jump
> in and contribute. For those of you who don't have the programming talent,
> just contribute money or something to a programmer that does. If I need
> improvements to an open source project I'll regularly pay one of my
contract
> programmers to do the mods if I can't do them myself, and then I'll
usually
> submit them back to the project so I don't have to maintain them over new
> releases.
>
> I can promise everyone, it took perseverance to get Freeside 1.2.2
running,
> it wasn't an rpm you just installed and started using, but there are no
> secrets. You have the source code so it's pretty easy to figure out where
> the program breaks when you are trying to install it. I will admit that a
> little more info in the setup would be nice, but there aren't any secrets
> missing.
>
> I don't want Ivan to get discouraged because the list members just seem to
> gripe about everything. This program has great potential and has cost me
> very little in expenses and lost billings. Just a few months ago we found
> out that our wonderful legislators in Texas got some hair brained idea to
> not tax the first $25 of a person's internet bill each month, and only tax
> 80% of server co-lo fees. It took approximately 2 hours to adjust Freeside
> to handle the tax properly and now we are able to bill our customers
> correctly without having to issue any weird refunds like one commercial
> vendor recommended.
>
> Thanks for a great program Ivan!
>
> Brian Walters 281-494-UNIX(8649)
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