On Thursday 16 February 2012 11:05 PM, MJ Ray wrote: > > If so, I've three key questions for you: > > 1. what prevents SMEs from using debian more? Lack of "Enterprise" Support. So what is enterprise support? Typically, back-porting of items that interest the enterprise. Similarly, inclusion of items that interest the enterprise. Items could be: Code, Patches, New Features etc. > > 2. what could the debian project offer to consultants to help you > to help more companies to use debian more? Can Debian be listed under various [HS]CLs of these vendors? They need a single body to talk to and try to influence their interest. And that doesn't always align with Debian's interest. > > 3. who's reading this list these days? > > And here's my answer to 3: I'm MJ Ray, I'm a far-too-idle debian > developer who works as part of software.coop, which started out in > 2002 managing servers and developing web sites for private companies > and now does that, plus library catalogues and groupware for all sorts > of enterprises. I'd like to do more for debian again, but I have to > make a business case for it and maybe this discussion will help... > What we've done for Debian and other similar projects is provide a self-help model. http://linux.netapp.com -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf | http://people.debian.org/~rrs Debian - The Universal Operating System
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