-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stewart Stremler wrote: > The problem with charging for support -- seeing support as a profit > center -- is that the forces on the software push it towards NEEDING > support. Making the software more stable, more reliable, more > consistent ... runs counter to the bottom line.
This is why I like FOSS. There are other forces pushing the software towards quality and needing less support while still allowing me to get whatever support I need from a variety of vendors so there is incentive there also to provide quality support. - -- Tracy R Reed http://ultraviolet.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCgjbG9PIYKZYVAq0RAlb9AJwOHwRs0Gztf9P7HNW/rZkOzgqtkwCcDZdd Nf2YoV2YaJ1QBHt56rigBcs= =sAYz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
