[Linux] do members of flux ever get together and form spin-offs?

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 06:15:05 -0600

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1. On the camera, I did not bother. I upload to the mac and ftp to the
ubuntu box.

2. On Linux, the key is that to succeed in business you need some skills
outside the technical realm, and it is easier to find those outside the
geekworld.

3. Kwan, I get the feeling that you work alone. From what I have seen, you
are a first rate technical guy, so I am not surprised you are not starving.
But to make a team work, you need team members to agree on things, otherwise
the whole is less than the sum of its parts.  Most people are not as
technically savvy as you are and need to decide on markets th explore and
ways to attract customers to products and services that can be gotten from
others just as well. For those you need skills like marketing, being nice,
dressing nice, talking nice, etc.

I have tried to get people to work on projects that I think could sell
and/or benefit the world. I could never find anyone to agree to a set of
goals and execute on a plan.

Z.

On 3/25/07, Terry Richards <sn00per1@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> Kwan Lowe wrote:
>
> >  I've staked my livelihood on Linux needing less active administration
> (I
> >provide subscription support services) and so far it's kept me from
> starving.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> i knew i liked you kwan:
>
> I would like to start by saying that I am not a starving student or a
> starving artist. Well, maybe I should say that I only starve by choice
> or forgetfulness (i.e., forgetting to eat because I'm in the middle of
> doing something) and not for lack of funds. So if you're on this page
> and considering sending something out of pity for my plight, it would be
> better to seek out an actual starving student/artist and give them a
> buck or two instead. For that matter, it would be more karmically
> wholesome if you made a copy of a Linux CD for a friend (or an enemy, if
> you want them to be your friend) than it would be to donate so that I
> can buy another cup of coffee. Or you could plant some flowers so that
> passing children will smile. Or you could call that friend of yours who
> you haven't spoken with in months... That is, there are a lot of other
> things you can do with your money.
>
> :-)^2
>
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1. On the camera, I did not bother. I upload to the mac and ftp to the ubuntu box. 2. On Linux, the key is that to succeed in business you need some skills outside the technical realm, and it is easier to find those outside the geekworld.
 3. Kwan, I get the feeling that you work alone. From what I have seen, you are a first rate technical guy, so I am not surprised you are not starving. But to make a team work, you need team members to agree on things, otherwise the whole is less than the sum of its parts.&nbsp; Most people are not as technically savvy as you are and need to decide on markets th explore and ways to attract customers to products and services that can be gotten from others just as well. For those you need skills like marketing, being nice, dressing nice, talking nice, etc.
 I have tried to get people to work on projects that I think could sell and/or benefit the world. I could never find anyone to agree to a set of goals and execute on a plan. Z. <div>
On 3/25/07, Terry Richards &lt;<a href="mailto:sn00per1@bellsouth.net">sn00per1@bellsouth.net</a>&gt; wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Kwan Lowe wrote: &gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;I&#39;ve staked my livelihood on Linux needing less active administration (I &gt;provide subscription support services) and so far it&#39;s kept me from starving. &gt; &gt; &gt; 
&gt; i knew i liked you kwan: I would like to start by saying that I am not a starving student or a starving artist. Well, maybe I should say that I only starve by choice or forgetfulness (i.e., forgetting to eat because I&#39;m in the middle of
 doing something) and not for lack of funds. So if you&#39;re on this page and considering sending something out of pity for my plight, it would be better to seek out an actual starving student/artist and give them a
 buck or two instead. For that matter, it would be more karmically wholesome if you made a copy of a Linux CD for a friend (or an enemy, if you want them to be your friend) than it would be to donate so that I 
can buy another cup of coffee. Or you could plant some flowers so that passing children will smile. Or you could call that friend of yours who you haven&#39;t spoken with in months... That is, there are a lot of other
 things you can do with your money. :-)^2 _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list <a href="mailto:Linux@flux.org">Linux@flux.org</a> <a href="http://www.flux.org/mailman/listinfo/linux">
http://www.flux.org/mailman/listinfo/linux</a> </blockquote></div>

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