[LAU] arch users?

[Ng Oon-Ee]

On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 07:00 +0800, Ray Rashif wrote:
> 2009/12/4 Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee at gmail.com>
>         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 =)