On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 10:49:00PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote : > For instance my basic idea of Debian-Med is to give a (not yet > existing) company that provides medical services based on Free > Software a tool that works out of the box for their needs.
Sorry for being almost off topic in this thread, but I would like to share an opinion: For administrative reasons, it is much easier for a company or a public service to buy rather to give an arbitraty amount of money. You can not send $100 to free software developpers, even if you saved $200 by using Debian or another downloadable distribution. Just think about the many blanks on the order sheet! I think that the commercials distributions which could be build on top of mature CDDs can solve part of this problem, as instead of giving, you can buy a box and a manual for an arbitrary price to somebody who can then support free software (Not taking into account the services which can be sold at the same time). I am sure that you are all motivated in your work on the CDD, but I hope that I gave you another good reason. Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy Wako, Saitama, Japan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
