Re: [OT] FOSS Marketplace

2008-05-28 Thread Paul Johnson
On Tuesday 20 May 2008 05:21:41 pm Samuel Bächler wrote: > > You mean guru.com? > > Thanks for the input Steve. Guru.com is interesting to see if it > works and how it works. But of course I would like to see it > implemented in a FOSS way. Ooooh. You mean, like this mailing list? -- Paul John

Re: [OT] FOSS Marketplace

2008-05-20 Thread Samuel Bächler
You mean guru.com? Thanks for the input Steve. Guru.com is interesting to see if it works and how it works. But of course I would like to see it implemented in a FOSS way. s. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [OT] FOSS Marketplace

2008-05-20 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, May 20, 2008 6:26 am, Samuel Bächler wrote: > That' s not what I meant. By the term "normal" user I am thinking of > someone who sees some advantages of using a computer but does not > want to make his living out of it. Therefore that person maybe is willing > to spend some of his wage to t

Re: [OT] FOSS Marketplace

2008-05-20 Thread Samuel Bächler
The idea which came to my mind some time ago was to establish a marketplace where "geeks" meet "normal" users. You invented the mailing list? That' s not what I meant. By the term "normal" user I am thinking of someone who sees some advantages of using a computer but does not want to m

Re: [OT] FOSS Marketplace

2008-05-19 Thread Kevin Mark
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 05:08:57PM +0200, Samuel Bächler wrote: > Hi everyone > > I am using debian etch for everyday task since 2005. As more > as I learn about computer I realize that one can do all the things > on e can do with the other proprietary systems. The only drawback > of FOSS is that i

Re: [OT] FOSS Marketplace

2008-05-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On Monday 19 May 2008 08:08:57 am Samuel Bächler wrote: > I am using debian etch for everyday task since 2005. As more > as I learn about computer I realize that one can do all the things > on e can do with the other proprietary systems. The only drawback > of FOSS is that it is sometimes harder to

Re: [OT] FOSS Marketplace

2008-05-19 Thread Martin Marcher
Hi, On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Samuel Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On the marketplace people could ask: "Who can set up a mythTV > media center for me?" Questions like this aren't asked on lists > (e.g. debian-users) which brought myself to the idea that maybe > there is a market for

[OT] FOSS Marketplace

2008-05-19 Thread Samuel Bächler
Hi everyone I am using debian etch for everyday task since 2005. As more as I learn about computer I realize that one can do all the things on e can do with the other proprietary systems. The only drawback of FOSS is that it is sometimes harder to configure. The idea which came to my mind some ti