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[leszek.lesner at web.de]

I agree. 
Actually both of you are right. 
There are people out there that like local user groups and there are others that like the feeling of having a professional support. 
For Lubuntu I think we should endorse both of them. Making money does not stand in the way of the free software movement or their ideals. 
But we as Lubuntu should not make ourselves dependable on commercial support or a promotion plattform for commercial software. (this however is indirectly with the software available on the Software Center already the case somehow)
So we need to find a balance between both opinions.

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contact at unleashpc.com schrieb am 23.08.12 15:46:

red hat, canonical, novell, xandros, etc etc etc all have businesses built around linux in which they make

"money" the dirty word in the opensource community

what is so wrong with compensating linux advocates for their time setting up machines?

no one is getting rich here,

all the time i read about the trouble with making money with linux

probably a good deal of that stems from attitudes like yours i would imagine.

as far as fees go, in IT this service is incredibly cheap and god forbid someone in linux land would make some extra cash and promote their favorite os at the same time

regards,
ronnie

promotion & advertising dollars has to come from some where right?  which has always been a thorn. No one said that you can't make an honest coin in the world. Not all money is evil, only when its obtained through flawed ethics.



On Thu Aug 23 9:05 , Ron Mitchell sent:


Linux User groups all over the world provide this service free of 
charge as part of their local Linux advocacy program. They do it 
willingly and happily for free. Quite often a Linux User group will 
hold a public event, inviting all interested to come and receive 
assistance in setting up Linux on their computers. Money has nothing 
to do with such efforts.

Ron Mitchell

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