<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Gourav Shah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:freedomyug@gmail.com">freedomyug@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im"><br><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<br> commercial company is interested in offering amc and support to home<br> users of linux. great for windows.<br> <br> so i need to lower my expections.<br> <br> would there be individuals, freelancers, college-students, etc., who'd<br> be interested to offer *paid commercial support* for linux for<br> home-users and for individuals, in your free time? in the NCR region?<br> </blockquote></div><br></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?</blockquote> <div><br>I dont know about 'paid' part but we are doing this since last century. In free time installing linux or fixing problems for free.Linux is a community software and best support will come from the community itself. Most of the support is a phone call away :)<br> <br>regards<br>Vivek<br></div><br></div>-- <br>The hidden harmony is better than the obvious!!<br>