[Foundation-l] Wikipedia songs

Mon Jan 28 18:30:51 UTC 2008

We have plenty  of classical music that would be available freely,  
that we could use instead of an irritating jingle.

-Dan
On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:21 PM, Chad wrote:

> Likewise. If it's anything other than soft background music, I usually
> put the phone
> down and check back every so often. Callers don't listen to the songs
> put on hold
> music anyway.
>
> Chad
>
> On Jan 28, 2008 12:43 PM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>> Erik Moeller wrote:
>>> Our IT manager, Rob Halsell, came over to San Francisco this weekend
>>> to set up the phones in the new Wikimedia Foundation offices. We're
>>> switching to an open source telephony solution based on Asterisk.
>>> Obviously, every phone system needs "on hold" music.
>> There's nothing obvious about that unless your intention is to annoy
>> people.  A lot of this elevator music makes me want to hang up.  The
>> upbeat stuff is the worst.  If people must endure this kind of  
>> torture
>> make it low volume Gregorian Chant or meditation music.
>>
>> If I want music I'm quite capable of turning on the radio or  
>> starting a CD.
>>
>> Ec
>>
>>
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