Well said, Jack. Onward! > Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 10:18:36 -0500 > From: j...@coats.org > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OpenGL on EMC2? + 7i43 > > I think we have gotten the message across to Richard. > > Folks that NEED a place to call for everything, and with > less patience, and more money than time, NEED to have > a vendor they can pay to fix things. > > Much of the economy in the USA (and I assume to some > extent elsewhere) is based on this perceived need. > > There is nothing wrong with Richards requests, other than > a perceived feeling that there is an obligation to 'make it right > on his terms'. > > If Richard or others need that, there are folks that are willing > to sell EMC2 and other FOSS products to him with a service > contract so they will be their first line of defense. > > I am guessing we have some of those vendors on this > list. > > Nothing wrong with that either. I used to work for a company > that sold FOSS systems and support. They were basically > a white box vendor, that added their service, and charged the > customer for the privilege of the customer not having to do it > themselves. One problem we did have was our customers > figured out the software was FOSS, so they went to the lists > to get support. Again, nothing wrong there. But then they > expected us to 'fix' what they had done for 'free' because it > was FOSS. ... At time it is hard to say no to customers, > but without $$ we had to. > > ... Enough war stories, lets go back to fixing issues and > let us know of your successes! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, > vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have > the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize > details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/blackberry > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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