Who is paying for this? (sorry, the start of the thread didn't get to my mailbox)
I will gladly except this work. Please see my references at http://www.uadm.com On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 01:45:00PM +0200, Orna Agmon wrote: > On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Max K. wrote: > > > On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > During last Linux instaparty, one of the (only) people who came took the > > > RedHat 8.0 CDs, but did not have a computer ready. She asked whether we > > if it's a she, i think there won't be a problem to find a hundred of > > volunteers. > > say no more. > > > > There is an added value for payed work: responsibility. > > There may be > hundreds of volunteers who are willing to come for a day of instaparty, > and leave the person to deal with his/her problems later on in the regular > manner in the linux community. But some people prefer to pay in order to > verify that the service they get is not "charity" or "voluntary work", but > a service they deserve to get. > > It is not a matter of "but now linux is so simple to install". Some people > would pay someone to get their other-OS machine to work, as well. They > either do not want or cannot bother with that. (Really, some people think > operating systems are just a tool!) > > So having available payed service-providers is the only way for the > person who is not a "computer person" to be willing to trust the linux > operating system: when one's money can provide the service. > > and no, it is not improper to charge for linux related work. it is just > work. > > -- > Orna. | http://tx.technion.ac.il/~agmon > > A cat has claws at the end of its paws. > A sentence has a pause at the end of its clause. > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.uadm.com | Local and Remote Unix/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Administration. No outsourcing. Phone: +972 3 6201373 | Security, Installations, Support http://www.uadm.com/pgp.key | Upgrades and Maintenance. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
