Am Donnerstag, den 26.02.2009, 19:58 +0100 schrieb Herbert Poetzl: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 05:57:54PM +0000, Ed W wrote: > > > Herbert Poetzl wrote: > > > One proposal I have (which was actually tested over > > > the years, and seems to work - at least for me) would > > > be that Companies using Linux-VServer get some kind > > > of 'Service Contract' with a Developer (which is a > > > good thing anyway), ranging between a single hour > > > per month up to a day per week, for, let's say 100 > > > EUR per hour, which can be consumed or not, where in > > > the latter case, this time will be spent on general > > > Linux-VServer development and testing. (if you like > > > that idea, please contact me and I'm certain we can > > > arrange something) > > > I'm a (very small) business using vservers and I am extremely > > keen to see this project survive because I really don't want to have > > to switch to a different project since I do rather like vserver!! I > > think there are several other businesses using vserver here also who > > have raised their heads in the past (obviously many use the project, > > but don't read the mailing list!) > > > I will happily buy a Service Contract. However, I think you need > > to do a little more work as to how this is all going to work. > > sure, that was just a rough idea where I know that > it works, and it always is a win/win ... > > > In the past I have tried to get a few other people to bulk buy work > > and the issue I think is that businesses (and individuals) really > > have to define exactly what they are getting when they spend some > > money (at least anything over pocket money prices). > > exactly and this complicated the whole efford to > such degree that I would need a department to > define, organize and finalize such effords For me it would be sufficient to get an invoice including vat for every payment. It would be great to have a wiki page that defines some conditions for this kind of support: what you can expect for your financial support and what not and who has to be contacted to make an arrangement. Cheers, Christoph