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On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 04:10:55PM -0400, gene heskett wrote:

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> On Sunday, April 22, 2012 04:02:05 PM S. Massy did opine:

>

> > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:28:34AM +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:

> > > I'm not a member of the management-board; but my recommended reply to

> > > potential commercial businesses would be: "We don't want your money,

> > > we want your support, your cooperation and compliance. - We're happy

> > > to link to your site if it offers useful information, specs, software

> > > or supports linuxaudio - but we won't sell links."

> >

> > I join in with the chorus in agreeing here. I don't think advertising is

> > particularly evil, but I do *not* think it belongs on the community

> > centre corkboard.

> >

> > Another point is, if a company is Linux-friendly, it shouldn't have to

> > pay to be listed, it should pretty much be automatic.

>

> Unforch, that doesn't pay the bills to run the server if its not 100%

> donated.

My understanding is that it is, in this case.

>

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> > If we want random

> > "spots" on linuxaudio.org, why not compile a roster of friendly

> > companies, useful projects and websites and display one randomly on

> > every page load?

>

> I would modify that by making the link to that list quite visible, but the

> random display would be chosen to only show those companies or vendors who

> have actually purchased a ticket to the show by actually supporting the

> site with either money or materials.

Which would mean that a vendor with minimal Linux compatibility but

money would get more visibility than a potentially more involved (say

with GPL drivers), smaller vendor or a free software project (like

Ardour, for instance). This could easily mislead newcomers to the Linux

Audio world and IMHO should at the very least be counter-balanced by a

community-based "pick of the month" or some such initiative with equal

or greater visibility. 

Cheers,

S.M.

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