Curtis L. Olson wrote:
Yes, in my most recent reply to this company, I asked specifically about FG support (and support for operating systems not owned and operated by MS.) It's not necessarily clear from their web page exactly how their products interface with the computer and how they work ... hopefully we can get a bit of a better handle on that before we proceed.
In terms of quality here is what they proposed which seems reasonable since we face a chicken/egg problem here. They don't want to send free hardware to any random person that applies for their program and promises to post an add on their site. So they propose that we run an add for a week or two or however long it takes to generate a couple sales. Once that happens, then they feel their risk of loss is minimized and they would be willing to send a sample or two of something for review. It seems like a reasonable approach. They aren't unwilling to send a sample, but they don't want to be taken advantage of.
I don't see much of a problem with this. I agree it would be nice to only show advertisements for Flight Simulation/Aviation/Computer Hardware (not necessarily PC related!!! ;-) ), but I don't see a food company, or a company selling diapers will have much interest in "our" website anyhow.
Maybe there is an alternative to the main page, put the banner on all the download sections, just to remind people there is money involved, even in Free Software. This is just a thought though an can be discarded if desired.
Erik
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