I really don't feel like responding to this thread. But I feel that I
must take a very unpopular position here.
One of the best considerations of Linux is, of course, the worldwide
"free" user support. However what will be the consequence if everyone
takes this "free beer" attitude for granted.
There are free advice "doners" and there are "donees". Most of us are
donees, who, of course, would like to have everything free. Not only we
want our questions answered free, we want to have to have them
immediately. Within the former catogory, there are also causual doners
like many of us who don't care about getting paid to help others. But
we should also respect the possibility that eventually there will be
professional Linux providers, who may be more than willing to give out
their services free, if they don't have the bills to pay, a family to
feed, and a mortgage that will be there even after you go six feet under.
On the MandrakeExpert issue, 85% of the fees go to those qualified
"experts". A "Mandrake expert" starts out by giving "free" advices,
then when his/her knowledge is recognized by the community to have
reached a certain level, s/he will start getting paid.
Joe Linux wrote:
Well I disagree about paying to have questions answered. We are here
as a group to help each other. I have helped you, you have helped
me. I have helped Warren, he has helped me. That's the way it should
be. While the goal of running Windows software on a Linux system is a
noble one, I would rather see Linux become very strong in the user
friendly department and thus attract more users. With a a large user
base there should be more incentive for good native Linux software.
I'm actually rather committed to just running native Linux stuff and
forgetting the rest. The reason I say this is that I had a Mac PPC
6160 Dos Compatible. It actually had a 486 processor in it and the
two processors booted simultaneously. What it taught me is that one
operating system running under the control of another one is not the
best of solutions as it it overly complex. In the 60's there were a
lot two engine top fuel dragsters, but now all the records are set by
cars running just a single engine. The Indy Racing League started up
and one of the changes they made was to remove the turbo chargers from
the cars. Now the qualifying field for this year's Indy 500 was the
fasted ever by quite a few MPH. Wine and crossover may be good in the
short term, but they are bad in the long term. But to each his own.
If you want to struggle with an overly complex system go right ahead,
but I prefer a car with hand crank windows and a standard transmission.
W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
We have to learn that sometimes, or most of time for Windows users,
we need to pay to have our questions answered. Mandrake has a
MandrakeExpert, where you can pay to have your questions answered.)
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