On Monday 27 December 2010 22:20:22 Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: > 2010/12/27 Akshay Mishra <[email protected]>: > >> A cooperative, I suppose is the best suited. Has worked for a > >> variety > > > > Let the customer get the benefit of cost and decide on quality. > > Why should an open-source list that's mostly for fun get into > > commercial agreements. > > Cooperatives are not commercial entities. They are supposed to work > for the common benefit of all members (which is what is being > proposed here). If I remember correctly, LUG-Delhi is a > cooperative.
Besides co-operatives deal with goods, rather than services. Consequently it is relatively simple to account. In the rare cases where they deal with services, the services are in a very well defined and narrow spread. In contrast we have an extremely broad spectrum with a very divergent set of skills and performance level. A model which bears some resemblance to the proposal is temp staffing. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
