> > I wish there were a good answer to this.  I'd be willing to
> > provide a free ProProg or whatever in return for Linux support,
> > but only if I knew absolutely that I was getting the Linux
> > support in return.
> >
> That would hardly be fair.  Getting ANY piece of software
> developed for YOUR COST on a $300 MSRP item would be quite a bargin,
> after all.  When you trade free hardware for "services", you're
> balancing the reduced cost to you (compared to hiring a "software
> consultant" to do the same thing) with the possibility that you
> won't get any

Everything is fair when freely agreed by both parties. And getting free
hardware for software you were going to write anyway is a bargain too.

But Olin: would you realy gain much by bundle of software? The real cost
is in maintaining and supporting the software, not in the initial
writing. 

Wouter van Ooijen

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