It would appear that I added to much fual to this fire and I am sorry for that. I do hope that any damage I may have coused can be/will heal in time.
Perhaps it is time (a bit late may be) to draw a line under this threed and more on. Steve On Nov 25, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Andy Fletcher wrote: > Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 10:57:23 AM, Steve Tompkins-MacQueen wrote: > >> Hi there > >> Opps well it would be a strange would if we all aggreed on some >> thing. I for one hate "work" incroshing/braking into my play time >> and would find a incress in "business/enterprise" a put off. There >> are meny companeys/orgnisations offing 24/7 support to business out >> there (novel, red hat and ubuntu) to name but 3. > >> I would encoughe Mark if he is wared about something breaking at >> work to get a good service plan with a company like the ones menchend above. > > I think you've grossly misunderstood both mine and Marks posts. > > Everyone needs an interest, my interest (not just at work!) is > enterprise/business usage of Linux, so in actual fact this is *my* > 'play time'. Both areas intersect each other, and to have a diverse > membership with all interests served then there should be focus on > both. Note: the business market provides the vast majority of the > support for Linux and open source software as a whole - ubuntu is paid > for by it's commercial activities (and Mr Shuttleworth's bank > balance). > > Mark, I'm positive, is more than aware of the commercial organisations > offering support, and I don't think for one moment he was suggesting > his only recourse for support is this (or other) mailing lists. But > the reality is that a lot of the bleeding edge problems, bug fixing > and communication in the Community is done via these means. They are a > hugely valuable resource. > > -- > Best regards, > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
