Re: [vox] Proposed addition to "Why Not MS?" page

[Peter Jay Salzman <p@MAPSdirac.org>]

it's a good idea, as long as it doesn't involve lugod.  i think having
lugod enter a contractual agreement with anyone is just asking for
trouble (aside from being on rick moen's list of things a LUG shouldn't
do).

what might not be a bad idea is to keep a listing of people on the
website who would be into contract work like this.  i suppose this would
be for the non-emergencies that LERT doesn't provide service for.

i thought we kicked this idea around before.  seems to have got lost by
the wayside, or else i'm not finding it on our website.

might be a nice service to provide, as long as we explicitly say that
lugod is not involved in any way, explicitly or implicitly.  all we do
is provide a list of people offering services to people who need
services.  kinda like a dating service, and with very similar
release/consent clauses.  ;-)

pete


begin Marc Hasbrouck <m_hasbrouck@yahoo.com> 
> I like the idea of a small consulting practice. There
> is also room for developing smarter tools for less
> sophisticated users.
> 
> Marc
> 
> --- Shwaine <shwaine@malevolence.com> wrote:
> > I was just catching up on this weekend's Slashdot
> > posts. While reading 
> > the whole discussion about MS's new EULA on W2K SP3,
> > I thought "this 
> > should be added to the 'Why Not MS?' page". We
> > should be doing all 
> > we can to educate the public about the freedoms MS
> > is trying to take 
> > away by demanding administrator rights to everyone's
> > Win boxes. Emphasis 
> > should be placed on their perchance in the past for
> > faulty patches 
> > which render the machine unuseable, their ability to
> > determine what 
> > consistutes a patch or fix, their attempt to be
> > totally absolved 
> > of any liability for damage caused to the system and
> > their ability 
> > to look through at all files on the machine if they
> > are granted admin 
> > priviledges. 
> > 
> > These practices of MS combined with the increased
> > useability of the 
> > Linux desktop will greatly help promote Linux. The
> > biggest remaining 
> > hurdle that I see is many people think Linux is "too
> > difficult" to 
> > install and administer. While the InstallFests help
> > with the installing 
> > part, perhaps someone looking for a little extra
> > cash could start 
> > up a consulting business that would handle the
> > administration side,
> > such as helping clients install security patches or
> > upgrade systems.
> > This goes a bit beyond LERT, as it deals with more
> > of the day-to-
> > day tasks. Is there anything like that already?
> > 
> > Shwaine the Wandering Arch of Malevolence

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