On Fri, 2009-05-29 at 15:24 +0100, Dave Caroline wrote: > Now is the time to discuss again an umbrella organisation to pool or > put workers in contacts with users so they can get commercial support > if they want. I think the recent changes in Mysql's ownership has > pushed a similar need, and their answer is the Open Database Alliance > http://opendatabasealliance.com/ where individuals and companies can > support the core open source software with their own expertise and > location. > > I think this model would fit EMC well and could be in place before the show. > > I name this ship "The Open CNC Alliance" what say you all? > > As I am losing my job in a month or three, occasional jobs like that > in the UK would be nice for me. > > Dave Caroline, > > IRC archivist
Doesn't Ubuntu do the same thing? How many of us would get on a plane to fix an EMC2 machine (my hand is up). How many of us would call and pay to get someone on a plane to fix an EMC2 machine or convert a machine? How many of us would answer phone calls, e-mail, live chat, etcetera as part of a 24/7 dispatch? Is this needed? Website? I wouldn't mind helping to support an Alliance reference machine. Who would house it? -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
