On 4/13/2013 2:46 PM, Beartooth wrote: > On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:14:09 +0100, Tethys wrote: > >> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> [....] what you get for support is, essentially, >>> answers people are willing to give you for free here, in forums, in >>> IRC, and so on. If you install CentOS or SL, I believe the answer is >>> roughly the same. [....] You, and your boss, have to be willing to >>> live with that definition of support. >> >> The annoying thing is, I'd *gladly* pay Red Hat for support, if they'd >> charge me a sensible amount. I'm not a multinational corporation. I'm a >> home user with a single server, but it's important to me. It's currently >> running CentOS and has a number of problems. I'd install RHEL in a >> heartbeat to get support for it. But given the minimum Red Hat support >> charge is several thousand, it's simply out of my price range :-( > > There is a real opportunity here for somebody. An old adage says > "Find a need, and fill it." > > As the Baby Boomers retire, there will be an increasing number, > well content with the situation Paul Frields describes, who have life > partners whom they expect to outlive them. The astute ones should be > thinking about adopting an OS in time for those partners to get used to > it. > > Fwiw, I estimate that there are enough now for somebody to get an > affordable support system for CentOS, SciLi, et alii off the ground. > Sounds a little lame dude. You want to switch grandma to CentOS which would surely affect her and 'the granddaughter' being able to share kitten pictures? And, if / when she has problems and she asks 'the neighbor kid' for help and he looks at the computer and asks 'what the hell is this'? :-) -- David -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
