Just an add on I know suse provides 1 year of some support if you buy their package which costs Rs 3.5 k (or atleast it did in 2006)
ram On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Ramnarayan.K<ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:51 AM, Linux Lingam<linuxlin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> well i am on other lists, but did not x-post as it's not proper >> netiquette and also > > not say x post but just post, > >> am being specific to ubuntu home-users. pointless to be contacted by a >> company >> that may want to drive a happy ubuntu customer to their flavour, which >> may also not >> be so free, or may even be quite proprietary. > > true, but the chances are that people who support any Linux will be > able to support Ubuntu, > >> also, it's been almost 15 hours since i posted this, and no tangible >> response. >> contrast with if i had asked for a home-delivery pizza service. >> >> no wonder most newbies eventually lose their appetite for linux. > > in 2005 the organization i worked for decided to change to Linux, full > time, till then i was the only user and did my own installs etc but > was not good enough to take on the job (then) so we asked a Linux Guru > to help, and he did - came on location setup most of our systems, with > the exception of a printer which was Linux unfriendly, > > Our location being far away (=remote) meant that any support was over > phone / mail. Which worked out well. He was / is a Debian fan but got > us onto Ubuntu because he felt it would be easier for us GUI and all > naa :-) > > While i agree it may be good to have a company with dedicated > engineers etc but it may also be possible that full time Linux people > can provide full time support. > > And i think your question is a seed of an idea where a bunch of folks > can get together and start up a service > > ram > -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
