Well, I've already written the person and asked for more information as to
whether they just want us to do an upgrade or do they have some other
tinkering they want us to do.
The thought did occur to me to mention the fact of any compensation for
services rendered, but I decided to wait till I get more details as to what
they want us to do.
Jeff
>From: "George Tenney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 21:54:05 -0400
>
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>On the other hand...according to their website this is a "Global leader in
>[Oil] Spill Prevention" and OOPS == O'Brien's Oil Pollution Service, Inc.
>Looks like they are trying to save a few bucks and ask for LUGs to help.
>Advice is fine but labor is slightly different. If a church/non-profit org
>asks for some help for someone to look at their HVAC
>(heating/vent/Air-cond)
>units it is one thing, people are willing to help, but if McDonalds asks
>for
>it, it differs slightly. On one hand it could be a good linux PR move, on
>the other we could just wind up working for free with a quick "Thanks, and
>off you go!".
>
>Maybe we could get some more information from her/them. If they just want
>us to colloborate (ie send questions to the list and get a bunch of
>suggestions) that's fine...but we should find that out, as well as some
>more
>details of the setup (vanilla or complicated).
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