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[Thomas Gelf]

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Alex Balashov wrote:
> If we are going to have a cultured and dignified relationship between 
> the Kamailio and OpenSIPS camps, which I assume is the goal of everyone 
> for reasons of commercial self-preservation if nothing else, then the 
> provocations need to stop from both sides.
> 
> No, it is not very upstanding to come on the OpenSIPS list only to 
> remind its members that you don't use OpenSIPS and that Kamailio is much 
> better.  Whether you think it's true or not, the OpenSIPS list is not 
> the appropriate forum in which to air that thought;  it's just not polite.
> 
> The values and focus of every community must be respected, and this 
> mailing list belongs to the OpenSIPS community and development team. 
> There's a certain degree of "when in Rome..." that should be obeyed.
> 
> I'm a very committed Debian user, and intensely dislike Redhat-derived 
> distributions.  But if I am on a mailing list centered chiefly around 
> Fedora, CentOS, RHEL, etc. or products based on them, it's just not my 
> place to bring up Debian or invite an RH vs. Debian flame war.  That's 
> just not what the list is for, and my ability to join it and ask a 
> question is a privilege, not a right.
> 
> That having been said, the provocations need to stop from both sides as 
> I said above.  That includes tongue-in-cheek comments that imply 
> Kamailio defects or fundamental technical or political inferiorities, or 
> ones that attempt to explain user perceptions of OpenSIPS in an ad 
> hominem manner by way of some kind of Kamailio affiliation or anything 
> like that.
> 
> Just don't do it.  It's bad for business, it's bad for both products, 
> it's bad for everyone.  NOBODY wins if commercial adopters see this kind 
> of petty bickering and egotism, especially from lead developers and 
> other significant stakeholders in the commercial ecosystem.
>