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]
