>> I'm familiar with the phenomena. I'd happy to take your money, but I
>> suspect that your boss wants to see a glossy brochure that says Debian
>> Support, Inc. on the cover and lists dozens of Fortune 500 customers.
>>
>> It does seem like there is a business opportunity here. A network of
>> consultants around the world could handle the phone calls and emails while
>> somebody with marketing skills fronted for them.
Just make sure, that the one with the marketing skills does also support stuff.
I've seen too many support things overmarketed.. "sure, we can handle this..."
To jump a bit: At least here in Finland we could use a company (why not a
group) doing support stuff with Linux. I don't think it would be too hard to
handle all the distributions with a little and knowledgeable staff. With the
pricetag of NT+software+no support you could easily sell all the hardware+
linux+ all the software+ support-contract stuff.
btw. I also know couple 'suits' who are extreamly sceptical about anykind
marketing. I count them as rare exceptions :) (..running Linux both..)
--j
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