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

[Larry Smith <lesmith@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 09 May 2004 15:04, Jeff Lasman wrote:
> 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

Hmmm, I personally think that has some merit.  We pay "support" contracts on 
just about all the other equipment we own (cisco, nortel, patton, multitech, 
etc) so why not something (software support) for our Cobalt boxes.

Question remains, per site/person or per box or what.  Personally I would pay 
$10.00 per site per month if there are no "phone home"  scripts (those bug 
me).

It doesn't sound like much up front, but I have a shop that sells accounts for 
us and gets a couple of dollars a month commission who is up to just over 
$2000.00 per month now - so it can add up...  As with any tool, the "value" 
comes down to quality and reliability.

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