Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Jun 2003 15:31:09 +0400 | From | Hans Reiser <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM] (sorry) |
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That's a very generous offer. Green, what would be required to do what he asks?
Hans
joe briggs wrote:
>Hans - >Here's a thought to chew on. I _value_ your software and use it extensively >(along with other linux software). Out of necessity I painfully roll my own >Debian distro/kernel and flinch _every_ time I use apt to update my boxes >(wondering if some damn PAM module is going to hose me). Anyway, the point >is, I build video servers that I sell for a profit - it is how I make my >living. I am also aware that in reality I am making a living off of the >backs of you (ala reiserfs) and others like you. The reason that I use linux >is not because its free, but because it takes much less time to develop and >maintain my video applications under linux than windows, because I can >remotely service and maintain the boxes that I sell, and because linux has >proven to be more reliable than the windows os that I used to base my product >on. You see, the price is not the issue, its features, performance, and >reliability are. So, consider this: YOU roll a DEB-REISER distribution >targeted toward system builders such as me, that more smoothly incorporates >reisefs than does the woody cd's (and a lot less generic), and then support >the reiser-related issues, and I will happily pay you $100 per machine. It >is well worth it to me to keep you in business (not that my volume alone >would do it, but I am sure that there are a lot of others like me). Don't >worry about putting in a licensing agent - honesty really works here. I used >to base my product on RedHat and I purchased a copy of the OS for every box I >sold - not that a customer would ever look under the hood or even read the >docs, but it was my way of supporting the suppliers. I don't use RedHat now >because I can't keep up with their release-to-release changes, and I need a >distro more turned toward enterprise servers. The point is, I am not alone. > >Just a thought. > >Joe > >On Tuesday 24 June 2003 06:47 am, Stewart Smith wrote: > > >>On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 10:03:13AM +0400, Hans Reiser wrote: >> >> >>>Umh, I would not mind something coming along to help me make it past >>>October when my cash runs out. Being able to afford a house is too much >>>to ask but making payroll would be nice.... Government money has done a >>>lot to keep me from going bankrupt. >>> >>> >>May I suggest whacking an icon up with "Donate to ReiserFS" up there? >> >>Samba and GNOME are two projects which do this and at least get a bit >>of funding for it. Check out the samba one, tridge says it does okay >>with the updating list of who's donated money - makes it into a bit >>of a fun game for donators :) >> >>You've probably already got the credit card processing infrastructure >>around, so it could be minimal effort - with only possible gain. >> >>I'm sure happy reiser users would be willing to chuck a couple of >>bucks your way to ensure further development. >> >>---- >>Stewart Smith >>Vice President, Linux Australia >>http://www.linux.org.au (personal: http://www.flamingspork.com) >>- >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >>the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> >> > > >
-- Hans
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