23 Apr
2012
23 Apr
'12
3:07 a.m.
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:
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
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On Sunday, April 22, 2012 04:02:05 PM S. Massy
did opine:
My understanding is that it is, in this case.
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:28:34AM +0200, Robin
Gareus wrote:
Unforch, that doesn't pay the bills to run the server if its not 100%
donated. 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. 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.