Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:03:55 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: prad <prad@towardsfreedom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <4946015B.2070802@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20081214101359.1249f45c@gom.home> References: <20081213143200.GA5026@lpthe.jussieu.fr> <18755.53118.854987.966113@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081213182336.V41178@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <87skosf02b.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213184751.N41297@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <94136a2c0812131010p648d1a81q54f62bb3e1a61026@mail.gmail.com> <20081213200315.A44344@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1229234226.18610.109.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081214110312.V48606@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4ad871310812140207r178560c1nf166d2adcbe5f698@mail.gmail.com> <4944E34E.1040904@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20081214115318.T48752@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081214101359.1249f45c@gom.home>
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prad wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:54:19 +0100 (CET)
> Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
>=20
>> 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.
>=20
> only the right customers are always right.
>=20
Heh. "The customer is /always/ right, even when they're wrong." The
difference is that you give the idiot customers exactly what they ask
for, and the good customers what they actually need....
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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