Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 07:00 +0800, Ray Rashif wrote: >> 2009/12/4 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee@xxxxxxxxx> >> On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 09:50 -1000, david wrote: >> > Ng Oon-Ee wrote: >> > > On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 08:09 -0500, drew Roberts wrote: >> > >> On Thursday 03 December 2009 05:04:26 Ng Oon-Ee wrote: >> > >>>> Oh, I was thinking Golden Arch Linux would be the >> paid-support version >> > >>>> of Arch Linux. >> > >>> Quite difficult to have a 'paid-support' version of a >> distro that's not >> > >>> owned/managed by a company =). >> > >> Yup, but not too difficult to have paid support for a >> distro that's not >> > >> owned/managed by a company.Right? >> > >> >> > >> all the best, >> > >> >> > >> drew >> > > I guess. Doubt it'd be a good economic prospect in any >> case, considering >> > > the user base either:- >> > > a) doesn't need your help >> > > b) needs your help but won't pay for it cos "OMGZZ THIS >> ISN'T WINDOWS >> > > WHY SHOULD I PAY" >> > > >> > > Disclaimer: I use Arch myself, and I know very very few >> users who fall >> > > into b). Few isn't none, however =) >> > >> > Well, I've bought Linux software in the past when FOSS >> software couldn't >> > do what I needed it to, so there are folk who buy Linux >> software. I even >> > bought my first Linux distro (CorelLinux). >> > >> >> Yes, I don't argue that purchasing Linux software is >> off-limits, but >> that when the entirety of the software is already available >> free, >> purchasing support is a much more iffy member for individual >> desktop >> users, as broadly divided into the groups mentioned above. >> >> Really, the market for paid support is (as I see it) mostly a >> corporate/governmental thing, and none of those would ever >> consider Arch >> Linux and its rolling release in any form =). >> >> Wait..wtf are we talking about now? I remember it was something about >> McDonald's, the M and the A, the Ronald and the Teepee :O > > As with all (most?) ML discussions, its gone off on its own tangent =) But that's what mailing lists are for: to increase the entropy in communications. ;-) -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
