I think you should make it clear what we're talking about here. Engaging in commercial ventures on a list is something I might even be interested in. Receiving the spam of the day from company X whose latest angle is Apache support, is not.
Jeff Turner wrote: >On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 01:20:24PM +0100, Alex McLintock wrote: > > >>At 13:13 13/05/2002, Jeff Turner wrote: >> >> >>>On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 09:54:48AM +0100, Alex McLintock wrote: >>> >>> >>>>At 09:02 13/05/2002, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>I would like to encourage information about commercial entities >>>>>that support Apache software, but I really have no clue about how >>>>>it should be done. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>I too am setting up an organisation in the UK to help support Apache and >>>>other OSS software. >>>> >>>>I suggest that the first (and simplest) thing to do would be to >>>>setup a top level apache mailing list where it is ok to advertise >>>>oneself, one's company, or to advertise that you need support. >>>> >>>> >>>I doubt a separate list would work. We've got an announcements@ list >>>and everyone still cc's announcements to general@. >>> >>>Perhaps we should just adopt a simple subject line convention, [ADV] >>>for adverts, to go with [ANN] for announcements. >>> >>> >>It isn't just about announcements - if it were then we would just use >>the announcements mailing lists. It is really about having a place >>where we can discuss these issues which are welcome no where else. >> >> > >Ah right. "these issues" being, "commercial entities supporting Apache >software", aka "How to make a buck off Jakarta". Cool :) I'd subscribe. >The Open Source vs. Paid Work conflict sucks. > >Maybe start an egroups list, or even just collect a list of people to >Cc. Mail weekly summaries to general@ to maintain interest. Then if it's >still around in 1 month, ping infrastructure@ and beg :) > > >--Jeff > > > >>Alex >> >> >> > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
