On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 09:47:23AM -0600, Douglas Mortensen wrote:
I personally didn't mind a one-time notice from the dev's team that that are now offering paid commercial support. What if I WANTED it?
There might be a lot of people who did not mind one offlist contact to a list address, but on the other side there will also be the fraction saying no, I subscribed to a mailing list and not to a marketing list.
I felt like it was a courtesy email from them to let me know that it's available.
The company was announced onlist sometimes around this time last year after Timo unofficially announced the company during a talk at the mailserver conference in Berlin.
If those emails continue unsolicited, then it may start to feel like spam to me, but this did not.
Obviously you are more tolerant in this regard then I would be.
In general, I've actually been looking for ways to financially support good open source projects. I have worked with many & find
No question, but the way and form should be considered.
Dennis
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