Reply in-line :- On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 16:09, Saikiran Madugula<hummerbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Linux Lingam wrote:
>> so i need to lower my expections. >> >> would there be individuals, freelancers, college-students, etc., who'd >> be interested to offer *paid commercial support* for linux for >> home-users and for individuals, in your free time? in the NCR region? wish I was in Delhi :) >> regards >> niyam >> > Not sure if it helps, but Canonical recently seems to have launched desktop > support for home users. > http://www.ubuntu.com/news/canonical-ubuntu-desktop-support-services >From what little I have interacted with the Canonical guy in India (last year) they are also interested in big business only (unforunately) Some points :- a. Vivek, I disagree when you say updates not having issues. I have seen updates and upgrades making users cry. Some of these bugs are known issues in the release notes and some of them are known couple of days when people do run the upgrade (in large numbers and find an issue and report. ) This I have seen atleast in the last 3-4 years where I have been working/playing with GNU/Linux specifically Ubuntu. b. Niyam, I would not just say after-sales is an issue, there's also an pre-sales issue as well. Please see my trials of trying to buy a lappy at <shameless plug> http://issuesaroundme.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/unable-to-get-an-laptop/ </shameless plug> c. There is also need of lot of awareness building needed for various applications. Canonical has made a good start with the app store but I'm afraid its still too little too late :( d. A good article/blog post about FOSS marketing which does go into some of the aspects can be found at http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3824046/The-Agony-of-FOSS-Branding.htm I am based in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Btw, have you guys thought of doing something on SFD (www.softwarefreedomday.org) as well ? -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
