Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > 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 =). Those kinds of people probably don't see beyond the bobbing Red Hat ... ;-) A couple of such places I've worked in here used only Red Hat, didn't know anything about any other distros and wouldn't even consider them if they did. -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
