On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 09:47:23AM -0600, Douglas Mortensen wrote: > I personally didn't mind a one-time notice from the dev's team that > that are now offering paid commercial support. What if I WANTED it?
There might be a lot of people who did not mind one offlist contact to a list address, but on the other side there will also be the fraction saying no, I subscribed to a mailing list and not to a marketing list. > I felt like it was a courtesy email from them to let me know that > it's available. The company was announced onlist sometimes around this time last year after Timo unofficially announced the company during a talk at the mailserver conference in Berlin. > If those emails continue unsolicited, then it may start to feel like > spam to me, but this did not. Obviously you are more tolerant in this regard then I would be. > In general, I've actually been looking for ways to financially > support good open source projects. I have worked with many & find No question, but the way and form should be considered. Dennis [..]