Re: Long term Debian growth

[Tom <tjm1@thorn.net>]

Sam,
	You should post your questions to this list.  There are many highly
knowledgeable and skilled people here who will help you.  Just don't
forget to do some of your own work.  Reading documentation etc.  You
also should consider upgrading to Debian 2.0. There is also a list of
consultants on the web site http://www.debian.org
 I guess the point I was trying to make is this.  I believe that Linux
will see tremendous growth and acceptance over the next year.  Without a
well conceived strategic plan of marketing and development Debian will
not benefit as much from this as it could and should. 

Best Wishes

Tom 

Samuel Hahn wrote:
> 
> Tom --
> 
> I am not a small business owner, but I do run a site for my family
> non-profit (www.StoneSpring.org), and would like to host this on a Debian
> machine. It's currently on an ISP (Verio) site. I am new to Debian, having
> done not much since installing 1.3 on an Intel server last November and
> using it as my client. I am not knowledgeable about installing various
> items which I need before I can get it going as my ISP replacement host
> machine. Specifically, I need to:
> 
> Set up static IP (I have one allocated to me already)
> Set up 2-way ISDN (I have a line set up) or 2-way analog access... meaning
> when a packet needs to come to my machine, the ISP will do automatic
> call-setup
> 
> I've often thought of requesting assistance, and am even willing to pay
> reasonable rates, but haven't found the right forum.
> 
> So,
> 
> I think you have a point. People needs resources to turn to when they want
> more than just incidental help from the generous Debian community; I'm not
> expecting to get free advice to help me on a somewhat non-trivial and
> possibly continuing basis
> Anyone out there able to help me?
> 
> I am very impressed with the Debian and Linux communities (and have made my
> donation to the Debian organization). Just a few other things (necessarily
> involving "marketing") would do great things for the growth and acceptance
> of Debian.
>