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Re: New policy for http://www.debian.org/consultants/



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...

Cheers,

-- 
[   Todd J. Troxell                                         ,''`.
      Student, Debian GNU/Linux Developer, SysAdmin, Geek  : :' :
      http://debian.org || http://rapidpacket.com/~xtat    `. `' 
                                                             `-     ]

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