On Sunday, April 22, 2012 09:06:51 PM S. Massy did opine: > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 04:10:55PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > > On Sunday, April 22, 2012 04:02:05 PM S. Massy did opine: > > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:28:34AM +0200, Robin Gareus wrote: > > > > I'm not a member of the management-board; but my recommended reply > > > > to potential commercial businesses would be: "We don't want your > > > > money, we want your support, your cooperation and compliance. - > > > > We're happy to link to your site if it offers useful information, > > > > specs, software or supports linuxaudio - but we won't sell > > > > links." > > > > > > I join in with the chorus in agreeing here. I don't think > > > advertising is particularly evil, but I do *not* think it belongs > > > on the community centre corkboard. > > > > > > Another point is, if a company is Linux-friendly, it shouldn't have > > > to pay to be listed, it should pretty much be automatic. > > > > Unforch, that doesn't pay the bills to run the server if its not 100% > > donated. > > My understanding is that it is, in this case. > > > > If we want random > > > "spots" on linuxaudio.org, why not compile a roster of friendly > > > companies, useful projects and websites and display one randomly on > > > every page load? > > > > I would modify that by making the link to that list quite visible, but > > the random display would be chosen to only show those companies or > > vendors who have actually purchased a ticket to the show by actually > > supporting the site with either money or materials. > > Which would mean that a vendor with minimal Linux compatibility but > money would get more visibility than a potentially more involved (say > with GPL drivers), smaller vendor or a free software project (like > Ardour, for instance). This could easily mislead newcomers to the Linux > Audio world and IMHO should at the very least be counter-balanced by a > community-based "pick of the month" or some such initiative with equal > or greater visibility. > > Cheers, > S.M. I certainly can't argue against that either. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> Every man is as God made him, ay, and often worse. -- Miguel de Cervantes _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
