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Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:54:19 +0100 (CET)
Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:

> in my practice rejecting part of customers (those who are really
> "idiots") make sense. you get say 20% less money for 10 times less
> work.
>
exactly!
proper advocacy on a 'free' (or otherwise) system doesn't mean
accommodating ridiculous demands. there needs to be a certain level of 
sincerity on part of the customers.

only the right customers are always right.

-- 
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prad

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