Re: Donations? Re: [cobalt-users] More Comments on the Lists

[Jeff Lasman <blists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 08 May 2004 11:20 pm, Zeffie wrote:

> I think thats a good price and I agree.. I wouldn't pay $100 a year
> for commercials...
>
> I have no idea how I could regulate it howerver...  any ideas?

Yes, in fact I do.

About the same time I became concerned about this list, I also became 
concerned about Sun eventually dropping service.

I suggested that we find someone who could build regular updates and who 
could commit to them, and then sell a subscription service.  As I 
recall, I recommend Michael Stauber.  I also recommended a price of 
$5/month, on an annual basis, the same price Red Hat was charging at 
the time, for continued updates.

The idea got shot down.  The posts indicated it was shot down because it 
would cost money and not because it was from me.  However, it might 
have been me.

So why don't you just go ahead and offer it Zeffie, something similar to 
Red Hat Network, or to Progeny Transition Service, and see how many 
people want it.

It may become a viable business model for you.

Jeff
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