2009/12/4 Ng Oon-Ee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ngoonee@gmail.com">ngoonee@gmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 09:50 -1000, david wrote:<br>
> Ng Oon-Ee wrote:<br>
> > On Thu, 2009-12-03 at 08:09 -0500, drew Roberts wrote:<br>
> >> On Thursday 03 December 2009 05:04:26 Ng Oon-Ee wrote:<br>
> >>>> Oh, I was thinking Golden Arch Linux would be the paid-support version<br>
> >>>> of Arch Linux.<br>
> >>> Quite difficult to have a 'paid-support' version of a distro that's not<br>
> >>> owned/managed by a company =).<br>
> >> Yup, but not too difficult to have paid support for a distro that's not<br>
> >> owned/managed by a company.Right?<br>
> >><br>
> >> all the best,<br>
> >><br>
> >> drew<br>
> > I guess. Doubt it'd be a good economic prospect in any case, considering<br>
> > the user base either:-<br>
> > a) doesn't need your help<br>
> > b) needs your help but won't pay for it cos "OMGZZ THIS ISN'T WINDOWS<br>
> > WHY SHOULD I PAY"<br>
> ><br>
> > Disclaimer: I use Arch myself, and I know very very few users who fall<br>
> > into b). Few isn't none, however =)<br>
><br>
> Well, I've bought Linux software in the past when FOSS software couldn't<br>
> do what I needed it to, so there are folk who buy Linux software. I even<br>
> bought my first Linux distro (CorelLinux).<br>
><br>
</div>Yes, I don't argue that purchasing Linux software is off-limits, but<br>
that when the entirety of the software is already available free,<br>
purchasing support is a much more iffy member for individual desktop<br>
users, as broadly divided into the groups mentioned above.<br>
<br>
Really, the market for paid support is (as I see it) mostly a<br>
corporate/governmental thing, and none of those would ever consider Arch<br>
Linux and its rolling release in any form =).</blockquote><div><br></div><div>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</div></div>
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