<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">okay, so after one week of discussions on this, it emerges no commercial company is interested in offering amc and support to home users of linux. great for windows. so i need to lower my expections. would there be individuals, freelancers, college-students, etc., who'd be interested to offer *paid commercial support* for linux for home-users and for individuals, in your free time? in the NCR region? </blockquote></div> Even though we dont know the size of the market yet and potential for sustainable revenue, we know there is an opportunity to tap here , and this is probably the right place to find the suitable talent. I am pretty sure there are many individual freelancers around who are capable enough to provide support in free hours , but may think opening a dedicated firm is not a feasible idea due to various reasons. I am willing to take an initiative to start a support firm if there is enough interest. I am based in Chennai as off now, but if there are enough people interested in putting a collaborated team effort, a nationwide organiztion is certainly a possibility. What say folks? thanks gourav