Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/
* Todd Troxell (ttroxell@debian.org) [050121 17:45]:
> On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 08:33:14PM +1300, Nick Phillips wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 01:02:51AM -0500, Todd Troxell wrote:
> >
> > > > Where in the Social Contract does it say anything about "seeking publicity"
> > > > or "winning over new users"? If and when those aims get in the way of
> > > > helping our users and/or free software (as they would here), then they
> > > > are inappropriate and should not be pursued.
> > >
> > > I have a feeling that the sites that *do* list Debian are the ones that care
> > > more about our users, and not just google juice <:
> >
> > I think the diplomatic answer is "I believe that turns out not to be the
> > case".
> >
> > Given that the publisher of a website claims to support debian systems,
> > whether or not that website mentions debian specifically has absolutely
> > no relationship to their ability or desire to provide a professional,
> > appropriate, good-value, caring, or any other type of service.
> I do see your pont. I guess it depends on whether we want to be diplomatic
> or pragmatic...
And which of the two should be what? I consider adding links to
organisations that support debian to be both, diplomatic _and_
pragmatic.
Cheers,
Andi
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